The Saddleridge fire near Los Angeles has consumed 7,500 acres though winds are easing up. Tens of thousands of people still can’t return home.
Author: Doug Stanglin and Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY
Fires across California force 250,000 from their homes; 9 dead, 6,700 structures destroyed
The northern California town of Paradise was largely destroyed by a fast-moving fire in a state wracked by three wind-drivenwildfires that continued to gain strengthFriday.