California wildfires have quickly spread, threatening hundreds of homes and forcing evacuations at a popular lakeside campground and a summer camp where flames temporarily trapped children and counselors, a fire official said.

Text from the AP news story, Firefighters battle wildfires threatening homes and forcing evacuations.

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