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Timelapse shows fire rapidly spread north of Los Angeles

Timelapse shows fire rapidly spread north of Los Angeles

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A brush fire in a mountainous area north of Los Angeles ignited and spread quickly Thursday, forcing thousands of evacuations. The Canyon Fire burned through more than 3,100 acres in just over an hour last night around midnight local time, according to acreage estimates reported by CalFire.
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