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Firefighters Making Tentative Progress Against Deadly California Wildfires

The largest Carr Fire, which has engulfed more than 100,000 acres and killed 6 people, is now 23 percent contained. Meanwhile, the Ferguson Fire east of Los Angeles is 30 percent contained.

Firefighters made some ground on the Carr Fire, which has killed at least 6 people, destroyed more than 800 homes and scorched more than a hundred thousand acres in northern California.

says the blaze has been 23 percent contained, up from 17

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