Western wildfires
Wildfires have destroyed dozens of homes and threatened hundreds more in several western U.S. states.
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Paynes Creek, Calif.
Flames and smoke from the Ponderosa Fire are seen, Monday Aug. 20, 2012, near Paynes Creek, Calif.
Credit: AP Photo/The Record Searchlight, Andrea Fuhrmann
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