1.0 link 144136 <![CDATA[Southern California Homes Devastated By Walls Of Towering Flames]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/16/southern-california-homes_n_144136.html DIAMOND BAR, Calif. &mdash; More residents of Southern California were urged to leave their homes Sunday despite calming winds that allowed a major aerial attack on wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and blanketed the region in smoke.

Fires burned in Los Angeles County, to the east in Riverside and Orange counties, and to the northwest in Santa Barbara County. More than 800 houses, mobile homes and apartments were destroyed by fires that have burned areas more than 34 square...

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