Fires Sweeping California
More than 4,000 firefighters are battling six large wildfires in California, the largest near Bakersfield. That blaze has grown at an explosive rate and has already killed at least two people. Carter Evans has more.
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Wildfires destroy 80 homes
Two people are dead after they tried to flee a large and fast-moving wildfire that is burning out of control in central California. The fire in Kern County began on Thursday. About 30,000 acres have been destroyed, including 80 homes. The blaze is the worst in what has been a series of wildfires to hit central and Southern California in the past few weeks. Carter Evans reports from Lake Isabella, which is on the edge of the fire.
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CBS News' Mireya Villarreal is in Duarte, California, where firefighters are working to contain two enormous wildfires
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CBS News' Carter Evans is in Southern California, where a heat wave is fueling wildfires in the Los Angeles area
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