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Jan 2025
26m 35s

LA fires: “It was like watching the end ...

Bbc World Service
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<p>It’s been a week since wildfires started sweeping through Los Angeles, California, destroying swathes of the city and reducing communities, homes and schools to little more than rubble and ash. The inferno has now ravaged an area larger than Manhattan. Some fires have been extinguished but many are still burning, and with warnings in place for high winds, ... Show More
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