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A firefighter aims a stream of water at a home on Olinda Drive in Brea. Strong winds blew through the Carbon Canyon area and drove embers into the attic. This home and the house next door were lost to the fire.

Brea fire

( Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times / November 16, 2008 )

A firefighter aims a stream of water at a home on Olinda Drive in Brea. Strong winds blew through the Carbon Canyon area and drove embers into the attic. This home and the house next door were lost to the fire.

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