Massive California inferno keeps growing despite all-out battle
by Joseph Serna, Javier Panzar and Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times
Dec 14, 2017
3 minutes
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - More than a week after the Thomas fire ignited in Ventura County, destroying hundreds of homes and displacing thousands as it grew into a massive inferno, firefighters are now in a race to protect the pristine coastal communities of neighboring Santa Barbara County before a shift in powerful winds forecast for this weekend.
Across the mountain ridges above Santa Barbara, Summerland and Montecito, firefighters Wednesday were building containment lines, clearing
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