Southern California fires live updates: Multiple blazes rip through communities, closing major freeways and sending thousands fleeing
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Dec. 5, 2017, 12:01 p.m. Evacuees at Ventura County fairgrounds wonder if their homes will escape flames Sarah Parvini Smoke from the Thomas fire fills the air at the Ventura County Fairgrounds (Sarah Parvini) As volunteers handed out water and bananas at the evacuation shelter at the Ventura County...