Firefighters today revealed they were finally ’optimistic’ in their struggle to contain huge wildfires in southern California.

A deadly wildfire destroyed dozens of homes as it roared through a tinder-dry Southern California forest, forced thousands of residents to flee and burned dangerously close to a vital mountaintop broadcasting complex.

A MASSIVE wildfire raging in California nearly doubled in size early yesterday, threatening 12,000 homes in a 30-kilometre swathe of flame and smoke and surging towards a mountaintop broadcasting complex.

A massive wildfire raging in California nearly doubled in size overnight, threatening 12,000 homes in a 20-mile swathe of flame and smoke and surging towards a mountaintop broadcasting complex.

PALMDALE cornered a local market niche as far back as the mid-1990s. This detached house was an early example of the wisdom of building on available corner garden sites.

Fires have erupted in the hills above Los Angeles, destroying several homes as winds swept dry southern California.

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