California Wildfire Season

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San Bernardino Wildfire

San Bernardino, California was hit by a scary, tragic, wildfire on Tuesday morning, August 16, 2016. Over 30,000 homes and about 80,000 people were given evacuation warnings. Many people packed up with all their belongings and animals in their car and left town. Within 24 hours authorities had assembled 10 air tankers, 15 helicopters and 1,300 firefighters to the dangerous fire. At this time no dead bodies have been found but rescue dogs are still searching for anyone who got caught up by the flame. Many of California’s firefighters said that they have never seen conditions as bad as those in Cajon Pass. Wildfire season for California starts in August or September so this does not come as a huge surprise. Many people

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