California wildfires: states send help as wine country and Bay Area burn
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Firefighters and aircraft from 10 states began arriving in California on Friday to help weary crews battling some of the largest blazes in state history, as weekend weather threatened to renew the advance of flames that have killed six and incinerated hundreds of homes.
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