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U.S. NATIONAL NEWS
from Eyewitness News Online Residents file back in as LA fire fears diminish October 15, 2008 7:58 PM LOS ANGELES Residents of Southern California's San Fernando Valley are breathing air free of smoke and ash for the first time in four days. Gone are the convulsive winds that at times reached gale force. And nowhere can Los Angeles police be found using bullhorns to order residents out of homes and away from deadly fires that have blackened more than 34 square miles and destroyed more than 50 homes. The last evacuation orders for two big fire areas at opposite ends of the valley were lifted, though some locations were open just to residents. Some of those who returned found only rubble. The winds that helped spread the flames have been slack today, though the largest fire, which has consumed more than 20 square miles near Porter Ranch, remains only 20 percent contained. Helicopters and air tankers are still attacking the flames. |
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