'We no longer have a fire season. We have a fire year.' Heat, winds fueled winter blaze near Laguna Beach [Los Angeles Times :: BC-CALIF-WILDFIRE-2ND-LEDE:LA]

LOS ANGELES — An unseasonable heat wave and gusty Santa Ana winds fueled a brush fire that forced thousands of people to flee an affluent Orange County coastal community on Thursday, stoking fears that dangerous blazes could become more common in dry winter months.
Although containment lines held an

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