california fires - 2016
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PowerPoint Show by Andrew
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A punishing heat wave across the American Southwest along with extremely dry conditions and sundowner winds has spawned a number of early season wildfires in Southern California, including the Sherpa Fire in Los Padres National Forest, which has burned nearly 8,000 acres in less than a week.
Twin fires northeast of Los Angeles have forced mandatory evacuations along several coastal valleys.
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Smoke from wildfires burning in Angeles National Forest fills the sky behind the Los Angeles skyline on June 20, 2016.
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A DC-10 air tanker drops fire retardant on June 20, 2016, in Duarte, Calif.
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Firefighters battle a wildfire in temperatures well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit as it burns near Potrero, California, on June 20, 2016.
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An emu runs to escape an approaching wildfire as it burns near Potrero, California, on June 20, 2016.
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A firefighter watches as a helicopter makes a drop on a wildfire in Azusa, California, on June 20, 2016.
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Jimmy Romo, 73, leads horses from his ranch as a wildfire burns in Azusa, California, on June 20, 2016.
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Flames come close to a home near Potrero on June 20, 2016.
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Members of the elite Dalton Hotshots crew hike back to their truck at the end of a shift at the Sherpa Fire near Santa Barbara, California, on June 18, 2016.
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A fire-fighting helicopter passes through smoke under the sun as it helps battle a wildfire near Potrero, California, on June 20, 2016.
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Firefighters battle the expanding Sherpa Fire near Santa Barbara, California, on June 17, 2016.
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A freshly scorched landscape, seen in the early morning hours of June 18, 2016, at the Sherpa Fire near Santa Barbara.
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Embers fly around a firefighter with a hose on June 17, 2016, at the Sherpa Fire near Santa Barbara.
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Firefighters stand watch over the Sherpa Fire in the early morning hours of June 18, 2016, near Santa Barbara.
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Smoke from one of two wildfires in the Angeles National Forest rises above homes in Azusa, California, on June 20, 2016.
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A British Aerospace BAe-146 belonging to Neptune Aviation makes a Phos-Chek drop on June 18, 2016, on wildfires in Santa Barbara County, Calif.,
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Trees are covered in red Phos-Chek fire retardant dropped from firefighting aircraft to help protect homes and further contain the Fires on June 18, 2016.
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A wildfire burns around homes built near a hilltop in Azusa, California, on June 20, 2016.
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Smoke billows in the late afternoon sky from the Sherpa Fire burning in the coastal mountains on June 16, 2016, south and east of Buellton, California.
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A firefighting Grumman S-2T aircraft drops fire retardant on the Sherpa Fire near Santa Barbara on June 18, 2016.
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A wildfire burns on a hill near Azusa, California, on June 20, 2016.
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Firefighters use air assets to battle a wildfire as it burns in the hills near Potrero, California, on June 20, 2016.
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A firefighter from Chino Hills keeps watch on a wildfire as it burns near Potrero, California, on June 20, 2016.
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