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Wildfires north of San Francisco and near Los Angeles have killed at least 23 people, caused record destruction and forced the evacuation of more than 250,000 people, including in Malibu, the coastal enclave of the rich and famous.
The fires have spread to more than 170,000 acres and threaten to destroy tens of thousands of structures, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. About 50,000 homes and businesses have lost power. Searchers recovered another 14 bodies Saturday, the Associated Press quoted the Northern California sheriff as saying.
The so-called Camp Fire in Northern California has now destroyed more structures than any other wildfire in state history, according to data compiled by Cal Fire.
And it may get worse. Extreme wind conditions are forecast Sunday for a 2,510-square-mile area including Oxnard, Burbank and Simi Valley, where about 2.5 million people live, according to the US Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. The situation is forecast to be critical in a wider area, including Los Angeles and Anaheim, that has a population of more than 20 million.