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Article: LOS ANGELES WILDFIRES THREATEN 1,000 HOMES
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- United Press International
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- October 26, 2003
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United Press International
10-26-2003
Los Angeles wildfires threaten 1,000 homes
LOS ANGELES, Oct 25, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Fires fueled by fierce Santa Ana winds destroyed 50 homes near Los Angeles Saturday and were getting dangerously close to dense housing tracts.
More than 2,100 firefighters fought to protect Los Angeles' power supply as well as about 1,000 homes in the path of the wildfires.
Six wildfires were burning Saturday, including one that whipped through a subdivision at the foothills of the San Bernadino Mountains, about 30 miles east of Los ...