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                                                                                       August 18, 2016
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A firefighter prepares to battle a wildfire in the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino county, Calif. The wildfire raced up and down canyon hillsides, instantly engulfing
homes and forcing thousands of people to flee, some running for their lives just ahead of the flames.

                                                                                                                                                                                       (Stan Lim /The Press-Enterprise via AP)

   Wildfire Burns with Ferocity Never Seen by Fire Crews

CHRISTOPHER WEBER              canyon hillsides, instantly       dry by years of drought,         say how many homes had         ing over a fire scene he de-
CHRISTINE ARMARIO              engulfing homes and forc-         the blaze had spread             been destroyed, but they       scribed as “devastating.”
Associated Press               ing thousands of people           across nearly 47 square          warned that the number         “It hit hard. It hit fast. It hit
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.         to flee, some running for         miles and was raging out         will be large. “There will be  with an intensity that we
(AP) — A wildfire with a fe-   their lives just ahead of the     of control. The flames ad-       a lot of families that come    hadn’t seen before,” he
rocity never seen before by    flames.                           vanced despite the efforts       home to nothing,” San Ber-     said.
veteran California firefight-  By Wednesday, a day after         of 1,300 firefighters. Authori-  nardino County Fire Chief
ers raced up and down          it ignited in brush left tinder-  ties could not immediately       Mark Hartwig said after fly-         Continued on Page 5
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