Santa Ana Winds Aggravate Wildfire North Of Los Angeles

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a structure and in a stack of hay at Stoney Point Riding Center on October 13, 2008 in Chatsworth, California. Santa Ana winds, which in some areas have blown up to about 65-miles an hour, continue to aggravate wildfires around Los Angeles. Fire crews are also battling various wildfires throughout the San Fernando Valley and Southern California.
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a structure and in a stack of hay at Stoney Point Riding Center on October 13, 2008 in Chatsworth, California. Santa Ana winds, which in some areas have blown up to about 65-miles an hour, continue to aggravate wildfires around Los Angeles. Fire crews are also battling various wildfires throughout the San Fernando Valley and Southern California.
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A home stands in ruin after the first Santa Ana wind fire of the season passed through the area North of the 118 Freeway along Topanga Canyon Road on October 13, 2008 in Chatsworth, California. Santa Ana winds, which in some areas have blown up to about 65-miles an hour, continue to aggravate wildfires around Los Angeles. Fire crews are also battling various wildfires throughout the San Fernando Valley and Southern California. Scorched branches stand in the blackened landscape of the eastern flank of the Sesnon fire, previously called the Porter Ranch fire, on October 14, 2008 in the Los Angeles area community of Porter Ranch, California. The Sesnon fire has grown to 10,000 acres since it began a day ago. The Sesnon fire and the Marek Fire, burning 15 miles to the east, together took one life and 49 structures as they raced along the northern fringes of the San Fernando Valley yesterday. Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a structure and in a stack of hay at Stoney Point Riding Center on October 13, 2008 in Chatsworth, California. Santa Ana winds, which in some areas have blown up to about 65-miles an hour, continue to aggravate wildfires around Los Angeles. Fire crews are also battling various wildfires throughout the San Fernando Valley and Southern California. Residents evacuate their homes in the Tuscany development as the Porter Ranch fire draws near on October 13, 2008 near the Los Angeles area community of Porter Ranch, California. Several structures have burned so far in this fire that is fuel by the erratic high winds of first Santa Ana Wind event of the season. One fatality, a homeless man and his dog, was reported today at the Merek Fire, burning to the east, near San Fernando.
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