Residents in the Big Sur, a tourist area in the US western state of California, are being evacuated as firefighters battle wildfires that have been burning since last month.
Firefighters have so far only managed to contain three percent of the blaze which has destroyed 52,000 acres of land since it started. Winds and warm weather have been hampering the firefighters efforts. US president George W Bush declared a state of emergency in California last week and ordered federal aid to help California gay couples wed for the first time ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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