A Firefighter Is Killed In California Wildfire Sparked By Gender Reveal Party

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A helicopter prepares to drop water at a wildfire in Yucaipa, Calif., on Sept. 5. A firefighter was killed in the El Dorado blaze on Thursday.





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Record Heat Wave Creates ‘Kiln-Like’ Conditions In California

The fire is now 66% contained, but it has scorched more than 21,ooo acres in the Yucaipa area, about 70 miles east of Los Angeles.

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