A firefighter puts out a wildfire burning along Highway 178 near Lake Isabella, Calif. The wildfire that roared across dry brush and trees in the mountains of central California gave residents little time to flee as flames burned homes to the ground, propane tanks exploded and smoke obscured the path to safety. Photo: AP Photo &amp;#x2014; Jae C. Hong 

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