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Firefighters aided by aircraft battled a wind-driven wildfire burning in an area straddling the San Francisco Bay Area and central California, authorities said.
A wind-driven fire continued to scorch thousands of acres 60 miles east of San Francisco, prompting residents to flee their homes and the closure of two major freeways.