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L.A. Area Wildfire Spurs Hundreds Of Evacuations, Smoke Keeps Others Indoors

Los Angeles County's La Tuna Fire is one of 29 burning across the state, and "is the largest fire in the history of L.A. city," Mayor Eric Garcetti said.

Several wildfires are burning across California sending residents fleeing, as a heat wave brings scorching temperatures up to 25 degrees above average on the west coast.

Los Angeles County's La Tuna Fire has already consumed more than 5,000 acres of mostly mountainous brush-land, north

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