Brush fire kills 1, ruins 40 homes in California desert town
(World News USA)

NILAND, Calif. (AP) — A brush fire killed one person and destroyed about 40 homes in a remote desert town near the shrinking Salton Sea, California`s largest lake, authorities said Monday. Authorities went door to door in the aftermath of Sunday night`s fire, which jumped palm trees in the town Niland amid high winds. Imperial County said fire officials recovered one...