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By Nina Godlewski
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Fires are raging across the states of California and Colorado. The fire in Colorado doubled in size overnight but in California, officials were having better luck getting the fires under control. As of Saturday, the Santa Clarita South Fire was burning across 160 acres with zero containment, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department.
Photos from the department showed smoke-filled skies and flames and evacuations were in effect for the day. By Saturday evening those working to contain the fire had successfully contained about 30 percent of it and by 7 a.m. PDT Sunday the fires were 50 percent contained across the 175 acres that were burning.
Up north on Sunday the Chrome fire was still burning strong with more than 2,000 acres involve and the fire less than 40 percent contained. However, the Chrome fire was contained enough that the mandatory evacuations were lifted and residents could return to their properties in the area.
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In that fire, only one residential structure was known to be destroyed but winds were expected over the area Sunday that could possibly spread the flames. More than 400 personnel were working to put the flames out and stop any further destruction, according to authorities.
Also up north, the Apple fire was 80 percent contained by Sunday. It's burned 2,500 acres since it started on Saturday. It burned five residential buildings and while there were 58 people working to fully contain it, erratic winds in the area were still a threat.
A map of the active fires in the state is available from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Anyone in the areas of the fires should pay attention to local officials and any notices or evacuations that are called as a result of the flames.
These fires are just some of the many the state faces each year. Investigators announced Friday that the cause of 12 fires in Northern California that occurred in October of last year were caused by issues with electricity lines.
The release from Cal Fire said the cause was "electric power and distribution lines, conductors and the failure of power poles." Altogether, the fires cause more than 10 deaths across the 12 of them and destroyed hundreds of structures and thousands of acres of land.
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