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Wildfires tear through western US during heatwave

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Smoke billows as the Line Fire burns off of Highway 38, north of Yucaipa, California on September 9, 2024. [AFP]

Wildfires fueled by soaring temperatures in the western United States have scorched thousands of acres, forcing hundreds of families to flee, US officials said Monday.

A blaze burning out of a control near Los Angeles sparked mandatory evacuations as it tore through swathes of tinder-dry California countryside around popular tourist spots.

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