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Firefighters hope cooler weather will aid their battle against 3 major Southern California fires.
No deaths have been reported, but at least a dozen people, mainly firefighters, have been treated for injuries.
California is only now heading into the teeth of the wildfire season but already has seen nearly three times as much acreage burn than during all of 2023 .
Bridge Fire east of Los Angeles , which grew tenfold in a day , torched at least 33 homes and six cabins.
More than 600 firefighters kept the blaze from growing Wednesday despite high winds.
The fire was about 30% contained Wednesday night .
High winds grounded all aircraft that had dropped retardant on the flames over the past two days .
“But who wants to burn alive?”.
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