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Evacuations lifted as crews gain on California fire

Posted at 3:08 PM, Aug 31, 2016
and last updated 2016-08-31 18:17:47-04
Crews have increased containment of a wildfire that sent about 700 people scrambling from their homes east of Los Angeles. 
 
Officials say the blaze near Banning in Riverside County grew slightly to nearly 2 square miles and is 10 percent contained Wednesday.
 
To the southwest, crews in Orange County are making water drops over a 20-acre brush fire that broke out before dawn in the Cleveland National Forest.