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Chinese Camp: Quick-moving wildfire scorches historic California gold mining town, burning multiple homes

Chinese Camp: Quick-moving wildfire scorches historic California gold mining town, burning multiple homes

Facebook Tweet Email Link Tuolumne County, California AP  —  A quick-moving wildfire scorched thousands of acres Tuesday and burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp. The fire rapidly grew to 6.25 square miles in size, forcing the evacuation of the Chinese Camp Town and surrounding …

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