A firefighter hoses down hot spots during a controlled burn to fight the King Fire near Placerville, California, on Monday, September 22. The King Fire is one of 10 wildfires raging across California.
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A firefighter hoses down hot spots during a controlled burn to fight the King Fire near Placerville, California, on Monday, September 22. The King Fire is one of 10 wildfires raging across California.
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A firefighter walks along the containment line during a controlled burn near Placerville on September 22.
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A firefighter walks along the containment line during a controlled burn near Placerville on September 22.
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A sign stands half-burned by the King Fire in White Meadows, California, on Saturday, September 20.
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A sign stands half-burned by the King Fire in White Meadows, California, on Saturday, September 20.
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A U.S. Forest Service firefighter pours water on burning embers while clearing hot spots of the King Fire near Georgetown, California, on Thursday, September 18.
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A U.S. Forest Service firefighter pours water on burning embers while clearing hot spots of the King Fire near Georgetown, California, on Thursday, September 18.
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Firefighters use a drip torch to burn away excess dry brush during controlled fire operations near Pollock Pines, California, on September 18.
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Firefighters use a drip torch to burn away excess dry brush during controlled fire operations near Pollock Pines, California, on September 18.
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A firefighter waters down a tree as flames approach a containment line near Fresh Pond, California, on September 18.
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A firefighter waters down a tree as flames approach a containment line near Fresh Pond, California, on September 18.
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A firefighter walks through smoke in Fresh Pond on Wednesday, September 17.
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A firefighter walks through smoke in Fresh Pond on Wednesday, September 17.
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A firefighting helicopter collects water from a reservoir in Pollock Pines on September 17.
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A firefighting helicopter collects water from a reservoir in Pollock Pines on September 17.
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A firefighter is shrouded in smoke near Fresh Pond on September 17.
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A firefighter is shrouded in smoke near Fresh Pond on September 17.
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Firefighters monitor a backfire as they battle the King Fire in Fresh Pond on September 17.
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Firefighters monitor a backfire as they battle the King Fire in Fresh Pond on September 17.
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A firefighter monitors a backfire in Fresh Pond on September 17.
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A firefighter monitors a backfire in Fresh Pond on September 17.
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A grove of trees sits burned in Weed, California, on Tuesday, September 16. The Boles Fire tore into Weed, razing libraries, fitness centers and entire neighborhood blocks, according to CNN affiliate KDRV.
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A grove of trees sits burned in Weed, California, on Tuesday, September 16. The Boles Fire tore into Weed, razing libraries, fitness centers and entire neighborhood blocks, according to CNN affiliate KDRV.
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Shelley Besk, right, embraces her mother, Kathy, as they stand in the ruins of their Weed home on September 16.
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Shelley Besk, right, embraces her mother, Kathy, as they stand in the ruins of their Weed home on September 16.
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Firefighters inspect the interior of the Roseburg lumber mill in Weed on September 16.
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Firefighters inspect the interior of the Roseburg lumber mill in Weed on September 16.
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The shell of a library in Weed smolders on September 16.
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The shell of a library in Weed smolders on September 16.
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A resident of Weed carries belongings as he walks by burned-out homes on September 16.
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A resident of Weed carries belongings as he walks by burned-out homes on September 16.
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Firefighters hose down a hot spot September 16 in the rubble of a Weed home.
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Firefighters hose down a hot spot September 16 in the rubble of a Weed home.
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Destroyed vehicles and homes smolder in Weed on Monday, September 15.
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Destroyed vehicles and homes smolder in Weed on Monday, September 15.
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A wildfire approaches the shore of California's Bass Lake on Sunday, September 14.
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A wildfire approaches the shore of California's Bass Lake on Sunday, September 14.
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An airplane drops fire retardant over a fire at Bass Lake on September 14.
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An airplane drops fire retardant over a fire at Bass Lake on September 14.
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