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Six large wildfires started Thursday in California, the largest of them forcing the evacuations of thousands of people.
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1/ Kincade Fire, Sonoma County. 66,231 acres (103 square miles), 5 percent contained; 40 homes and 56 other structures destroyed. Evacuations ordered for almost 800 square miles. (Map: evacuation area and fire perimeter.)
2/ Muir Fire, Marin County. 67 acres, 100 percent contained. Highway 1 reopened.
3/ Mines Fire, Alameda County. 35 acres, 100 percent contained.
4/ Cabrillo Fire, San Mateo County. 95 acres, 62 percent contained.
5/ Tick Fire, Los Angeles County. 4,615 acres (7 square miles), 70 percent contained. Mandatory evacuation was expanded after the flames jumped Highway 14 around 3 a.m. Friday.
6/ Old Water Fire, San Bernardino County. 145 acres, 55 percent contained. Mandatory evacuations lifted on Thursday night.