Firefighters continue to battle wildfires in San Diego
Thousands
of people were forced to flee as nine wildfires ravaged San Diego,
California, engulfing suburban homes and shooting up canyon ridges
across 14 square miles of land.
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longtime exposure shot shows smoldering remains of overnight fires on
the hillsides of San Marcos, San Diego county, Calif., on May 16, 2014.
A Long Beach firefighter looks out over a burned-out canyon in San Marcos.
A U.S. military helicopter drops water on an approaching wildfire in San Marcos, California on May 15, 2014.
People look over a canyon destroyed by wildfire on Friday, May 16, 2014, in Carlsbad, Calif.
Houses sit untouched above a canyon ravaged by wildfires on Friday, May 16, 2014, in Carlsbad, Calif.
Fire engulfs a structure during a wildfire Thursday, May 15, 2014, in Escondido, Calif.
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helicopter drops water on a wildfire threatening a home near San
Marcos, California on May 15, 2014. Nine wildfires fueled by high
temperatures and drought conditions have burned over 14 square miles of
land in San Diego.
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wildfire burns near a home in San Marcos, California on May 14, 2014.
Flames engulfed suburban homes and shot up along canyon ridges in one of
the worst of several blazes that broke out Wednesday in Southern
California during a second day of a sweltering heat wave.
Firefighters
battle a blaze in San Marcos, California on May 14, 2014. More than 20
structures, including several homes, burned to the ground and thousands
of people were ordered to evacuate as a wind-lashed wildfire roared out
of control in the heart of a Southern California coastal community.
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Los Angeles County fire crew works on a hillside putting out hotspots
on the Coco Fire in San Marcos California on May 15, 2014.
Fire crews battle the Cocos Fire in San Marcos, California May 15, 2014.
A house is consumed by a wildfire on May 14, 2014 in San Marcos, California.
Residents
watch as firefighters hose down the ruins of their home after it was
destroyed in a fire, one of nine wildfires fueled by wind and record
temperatures that erupted in San Diego County throughout the day on May
14, 2014 in Carlsbad, California.
A helicopter drops water on a wildfire threatening a home near San Marcos, California on May 15, 2014.
A
fireman keeps an eye on a burning house on May 14, 2014 in San Marcos,
California. About 14 square miles of land has burned in the San Diego
fires, fueled by record heat, high winds and dry conditions.
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Carlsbad Police vehicle drives south on El Camino Real as a fire jumps
the road moving west on May 14, 2014 in Carlsbad, California.
Residents
watch a fast-moving wildfire approach in San Marcos, California on May
14, 2014. The so-called Poinsettia Fire, which erupted shortly before 11
a.m. in Carlsbad, some 25 miles north of San Diego, quickly became the
most pressing battle for crews fighting flames across the region amid
soaring temperatures and hot Santa Ana winds.
A U.S. military helicopter drops water to help stop an approaching wildfire in San Marcos, California on May 15, 2014.
A fire burns on a hillside behind Cal State University at San Marcos on May 14, 2014 in San Marcos, California.
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fire spreads through a canyon, threatening homes and forcing the
evacuation of thousands of residents on May 14, 2014 in Carlsbad,
California.
A
water bomber makes a drop next to a hillside home as firefighters
continue to battle the blaze surrounding San Marcos, California on May
15, 2014. Wildfires were raging in southern California on Thursday,
keeping thousands of residents away from their homes after San Diego
county officials maintained evacuation advisories.
A house is consumed by wildfire as the sun sinks low on May 14, 2014 in San Marcos, California.
Flames
flare up on a hillside behind an apartment complex near California
State University at San Marcos on May 14, 2014 in San Marcos,
California.
Flames
flare up behind houses on Mimosa Drive on May 14, 2014 in Carlsbad,
California. Thirty homes have burned in the fast-moving Carlsbad blaze,
fueled by record heat, high winds and dry conditions.
A house burns in the hills as another in the background stands untouched on May 14, 2014 in San Marcos, California.
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