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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California emergency officials have ordered hundreds of people to evacuate their homes north of San Francisco, while about 200,000 people in the state were without power as forest fires spread in Sonoma County.
The Kinced fires, sparked by high winds, devoured about 10,000 acres on Tuesday, while the Sonoma County police chief issued a mandatory evacuation order for the town of Giserville, home to about 900 people, the California Forestry and Fire Protection Department said.
The evacuation warning for the northern state of Healdsburg remains in force.
As fire crews fought raging fires, footage and photos posted by local reporters on social media showed the ruins of destroyed houses burned up by the fires.
About 196,000 people were without power in the state, according to Power Output.com.
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