In Pictures: California wildfires
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In Pictures: California wildfiresWildfires surging through California have killed at least 23 people, forced 25,000 people to evacuate and have left hundreds missing.
Fanned by winds of over 80 kilometers (50 miles) an hour, the blazes have forced more than 20,000 people to evacuate in the country's heaviest populated state. October, 9, 2017 / AFP
By Staff Reporter
October 12, 2017

Firefighters struggled overnight on Thursday to halt the spread of wildfires known to have killed 23 people in North California.

The fires have also charred around 69,000 hectares (170,000 acres) of land and destroyed some 3,500 buildings since they flared on Sunday.

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