The Gold Coast Bulletin

Massive fire threatens LA

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A MASSIVE fire described as the biggest in the history of Los Angeles was raging at the weekend, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate their homes.

Mayor Eric Garcetti told reporters the blaze, which broke out Friday and lit up the hills surroundin­g the northern suburb of Burbank, had burnt 2000 hectares, adding: “In terms of acres involved, this is probably the largest fire in LA city history.”

The Los Angeles fire was one of several major fires in the western US, with thousands forced to evacuate in Montana and Washington state.

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