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Southern California Wildfires: Progress Made, Historic Structures Lost

The Santa Rosa Island Fire, the largest ever recorded on the Channel Islands, has burned nearly eighteen thousand four hundred acres and is now seventy-two percent contained. The cause was an emergency flare from a sailboat crash, leading to the destruction of two historic structures. Meanwhile, the Sandy Fire in Ventura County is sixty-one percent contained after scorching almost two thousand two hundred acres, causing at least one home to be destroyed and schools to close for nearly a week. However, schools are set to reopen on May twenty-sixth, with plans to get a waiver for missed instructional time. Despite the significant fires, progress is being made, with many now in the mop-up phase and containment numbers climbing.

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