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Winds hamper efforts against US blazes

The US's largest wildfire has ballooned in size as California's firefighters battle it and more than a dozen other large blazes amid dry and windy conditions.

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Numerous California fires have forced thousands of people to flee their homes.

Gusts, heat stoke growing California fires

Strong winds and tinder-dry vegetation has fuelled two of California's largest wildfires, forcing thousands from their homes.

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The Dixie Fire has raged since mid-July in the rugged Sierra Nevada range.

Two dead in wildfires on French Riviera

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Two people have died in forest fires that have been raging on the French Riviera for two days.

Firefighters beat back blaze near Athens

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The blaze in dense forest in the Vilia area began on Monday, one of dozens to erupt that day.

Winds push giant fire near California city

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Very few properties were left standing in Grizzly Flats after the Caldor fire ripped through it.

Blaze near French Riviera kills one as fires continue to rage across Mediterranean

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A man has died and thousands have been evacuated as a wildfire rages near the French Riviera.