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TOPSHOT – Fire captains watch as firefighters create a barrier to slow the progress of the Fairview Fire inside the San Bernardino National Forest near Hemet, California on September 9, 2022. – The wildfire burning outside Los Angeles has doubled in size in less than 24 hours, firefighters said on September 8 as they endured yet another day of blistering heat in the western US. Thousands of people have been told to evacuate in the face of the growing fire, which has now spread to 19,000 acres (7,700 hectares).

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