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California Wildfire Triples in Size Under Hot, Dry Conditions
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A wildfire raging near Los Angeles tripled in size over the weekend to more than 33,000 acres driven by hot, dry and windy conditions, fire officials said late Sunday.
An army of 1,673 firefighters continued to battle the so-called Sand fire burning in the Angeles National Forest just north of the city. But soaring temperatures and the danger of wind through canyons in the rugged mountains prevented firefighters from getting a handle on the blaze, which remained only about 10 percent contained early Monday
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