California firefighters battle wind-driven wildfire near San Francisco
by Maya Yang and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#6N7QP)
Two fire workers injured after Corral Fire, which began Saturday afternoon, spread overnight east of San Francisco
California firefighters aided by aircraft battled a wind-driven wildfire that began Saturday and continued burning early Sunday morning in an area straddling the San Francisco Bay Area and central California, authorities said.
The Corral Fire began Saturday afternoon near the city of Tracy, 60 miles (96km ) east of San Francisco, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the city of Livermore, according to the California department of forestry and fire protection, or Cal Fire.
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