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Fueled by high winds, blaze chars California forest
October 15, 1997
Web posted at: 3:08 p.m. EDT (1908 GMT)LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- With winds gusting up to 100 mph, about 600 firefighters worked to control a blaze Wednesday that has charred 5,200 acres and two homes about 40 miles south of Los Angeles.
No injuries have been reported in the Orange County fire, officials said. The blaze began late Monday just west of Cleveland National Forest and quickly spread to a sparsely populated area dotted with cabins.
CNN's Donna Kelly describes the 'deadly combination'
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Authorities said the fire was caused by a man, who was not identified, trying to illegally burn off insulation from copper wire so he could sell it to a scrap yard.
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