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A mobile home and car burn at Spanish Flat Mobile Villa as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through unincorporated Napa County, Calif., on Tuesday.

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1 Dead In California Fire, As Lightning-Strike Fires Push Resources To Limit

10:17pm August 19, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

A pilot was killed after he crashed while battling a blaze in Fresno County. Officials say "a historic lightning siege" has caused more than 367 new fires throughout California.

The La Tuna Fire had burned more than 5,000 acres of brush-covered mountains Saturday, as several hundred firefighters worked to contain the blaze.

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L.A. Area Wildfire Spurs Hundreds Of Evacuations, Smoke Keeps Others Indoors

3:42pm September 02, 2017

by Amy Held

Los Angeles County's La Tuna Fire is one of 29 burning across the state, and "is the largest fire in the history of L.A. city," Mayor Eric Garcetti said.