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Firefighters Gain Ground On California Wildfires

Authorities say they have two of the largest fires about 60 percent contained. Meanwhile, some people who were evacuated are being allowed to return to what remains of their homes.
A firefighter (center) and two onlookers watch a smoldering wildfire from a hilltop in Oakville, Calif., on Sunday. / Marcio Jose Sanchez / Shutterstock.com

Fire crews were starting to gain the upper hand on numerous blazes in Northern California that have killed at least 40 people and destroyed thousands of homes, but officials warned that the deadliest wildfires in the state's history were far from extinguished.

With ferocious winds dying down and the fires contained in some areas, about a quarter

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