Calif. firefighters battle more than 1,400 blazes - Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_re_us/wildfires
"More than a thousand wildfires — including a massive, stubborn blaze in the Big Sur region — were burning early Monday in Northern California and there was no relief in sight for weary firefighters. "
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