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California's Thomas Fire 25 Percent Contained

The wildfire has burned through 236,000 acres and destroyed more than 700 homes.

The fire that has been raging for 10 days in southern California – one of the largest and most destructive in the state's history — is being gradually contained, firefighters say, but there's still a long way to go.

, which is straddling Santa Barbara and Ventura

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