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Dry conditions, excessive heat fan flames of California wildfires

In California, excessive heat and dry conditions are fanning the flames of more than a dozen wildfires. The most destructive is the Carr fire which is burning north of Sacramento. It’s killed five people including a great-grandmother and two children. More than 38,000 people have been evacuated, and the fire is only 5 percent contained. Carter Evans reports.
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