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PETALUMA, Calif. – The Latest on California wildfires (all times local):
1:50 p.m.
California fire officials have reported significant progress on containing wildfires that have ravaged parts of Northern California.
CalFire Deputy Chief Bret Gouvea told a news conference that firefighters were getting “good containment” around the blazes and have “stopped the forward progress and movement of all these fires.”
The fires that swept through parts of seven counties starting Oct. 8 were the deadliest and most destructive series of blazes in California history. At least 42 people died, 6,000 homes were lost, and at the height of the blazes about 100,000 people were evacuated.
About 22,000 people remain under evacuation orders.
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