LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire roared through the bone-dry mountains of central California and gave residents little time to flee as it burned dozens of homes to the ground and killed two people, authorities said Friday.The wind-driven blaze destroyed at least 80 houses in the southern Sierra Nevada and scorched more than 29 square miles as it tore through neighborhoods, exploded propane tanks and produced smoke that obscured the path to safety.Two bodies [...]
2 Die In California Wildfire That Left Little Time To Flee
By SCOTT SMITH The Associated Press, The Providence Journal
Fri, 06/24/2016 - 3:26pm
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