(From the AP) Firefighters across California breathed sighs of relief Friday as major wildfires showed signs of easing, but two blazes on federal park lands kept growing. Crews in Northern California were close to full containment of a wildfire in Lake County. The blaze that burned more than 12 square miles was 90 percent contained, state fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said. Full containment was expected as soon as Sunday.
In Southern California, hundreds of people living in rural San Diego County were allowed to return to their homes as evacuation orders were lifted. The all-clear came three days after a cluster of wildfires caused by lightning burned more than 35 square miles of brush in the northern communities of Ranchita and San Felipe.
Only two fires were still burning in the area and both were at least 75 percent contained, Berlant said. Officials also said firefighters contained a 4-square-mile fire east of Temecula in Riverside County that burned a home and injured six people.
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