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Wildfires Destroy 1,500 California Buildings

by VOA News

   At least 1,500 homes and commercial buildings have been destroyed as
   multiple wildfires burn throughout California, the state's fire chief
   said Monday.
   No deaths have been reported, but numerous people are injured and many
   remain unaccounted for as 14 large fires burn primarily in three
   counties in California's wine country. Twenty thousand people have been
   evacuated, including hundreds from area hospitals.
   The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said the
   cause of the fires that began Sunday are under investigation.
   A state of emergency was declared Monday in Napa, Sonoma, and Yuba
   counties.