thousands of people evacuated

FUND LAUNCHED TO HELP WILDFIRE SURVIVORS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

 

By Miriam Raftery

September 22, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) –  The Valley and Butte fires rank among the most destructive fires in California history, with nearly a thousand homes destroyed and tens of thousands of people evacuated.  More than 70,000 acres in California have burned in total this year.


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