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As Winds Rise Once More, Firefighters Fear 'Flare-Up' In Massive Thomas Blaze

Lately, firefighters had seen a rare lull in the conditions that helped fan the Thomas Fire into the second-largest wildfire in modern California history. The forecast looks far less kind.
A firefighting crew climbs a steep hill in Montecito, Calif., while battling the Thomas Fire earlier this month.

For the past few days, the weather in Southern California granted firefighters a rare reprieve. Winds dropped, humidity ticked up a tad — and for a brief span, at least, firefighters had a little natural help reining in the massive Thomas Fire northwest of Los Angeles, which

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