Thousands Flee Wildfire; 28 Homes Destroyed
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<i> Associated Press</i>
BEND, Ore. — A fire driven by high winds in temperatures near 100 degrees had engulfed about 2,800 acres of forest, jumped a 75-foot-wide canyon and destroyed 28 houses by Sunday afternoon.
More than 2,800 people were evacuated over the weekend from motels and resorts, and from about 2,000 homes south and west of Bend.
The so-called Awbrey Hall fire erupted Saturday on a ridge six miles southwest of Bend, in central Oregon. It quickly raced from treetop to treetop and jumped the Deschutes River canyon.
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