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Photos of Southern California’s Wildfires (24 photos)

A punishing heat wave across the American Southwest along with extremely dry conditions and sundowner winds has spawned a number of early season wildfires in Southern California, including the Sherpa Fire in Los Padres National Forest, which has burned nearly 8,000 acres in less than a week. Twin fires northeast of Los Angeles have forced mandatory evacuations along several coastal valleys.

Smoke from wildfires burning in Angeles National Forest fills the sky behind the Los Angeles skyline on June 20, 2016. (Ringo H.W. Chiu / AP)
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/06/photos-of-southern-californias-wildfires/487982/