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Southern California wildfire prompts evacuation order

Firefighters aided by aircraft are battling to contain a wind-driven wildfire that has damaged or destroyed at least nine buildings in rural Southern California and forced authorities to issue evacuation orders for 4,000 residents.

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Firefighters aided by aircraft are battling a wind-driven wildfire that has damaged or destroyed at least nine buildings in rural Aguanga, Calif.
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Frankie Aguirre, of the Jamul Fire Dept., out of San Diego County, clears brush while fighting the Highland Fire Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Aguanga, Calif.
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Members of the Jamul Fire Dept., out of San Diego County, look for hot spots while fighting the Highland Fire Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Aguanga, Calif.
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Luis Quinonez surveys the damage to his property after the Highland Fire passed through Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Aguanga, Calif.
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Luis Quinonez talks to a neighbor on the phone while surveying the damage to his property after the Highland Fire passed through Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Aguanga, Calif.
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Luis Quinonez talks to a neighbor on the phone while surveying the damage to his property after the Highland Fire passed through Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Aguanga, Calif.
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Burned vehicles and a mobile home are left charred by the Highland Fire on Luis Quinonez' property, Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Aguanga, Calif.
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A burned vehicle is seen on Luis Quinonez property after the Highland Fire passed through Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Aguanga, Calif.
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A field and hills smolder after the Highland Fire passed through, Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Aguanga, Calif.
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Hills smolder after the Highland Fire passed through, Tuesday, Oct. 31, in Aguanga, Calif.
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THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

A firefighter from the Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department holds as hose as flames from a wildfire rise behind him in rural Aguanga, Calif., Monday, Oct. 30.
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THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

A photojournalist walks among the flames of a wildfire in rural Aguanga, Calif. Monday, Oct. 30.
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THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

A photojournalist walks among the flames of a wildfire in rural Aguanga, Calif. Monday, Oct. 30.
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THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

A Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department firefighter surveys for instructions while battling wildfire in rural Aguanga, Calif. Monday, Oct. 30.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

A structure is engulfed in flames as a wildfire called the Highland Fire burns in Aguanga, Calif., Monday, Oct. 30. A wildfire fueled by gusty Santa Ana winds ripped through rural land southeast of Los Angeles on Monday, forcing thousands of people from their homes, fire authorities said.
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A firefighter and resident converse on how to protect his possessions as a wildfire called the Highland Fire burns in Aguanga, Calif., Monday, Oct. 30. A wildfire fueled by gusty Santa Ana winds ripped through rural land southeast of Los Angeles on Monday, forcing thousands of people from their homes, fire authorities said.

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