Residents watched, waited until flames descended

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PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — Smelling smoke, Scott Reader watched and waited for hours as a huge plume drew ever closer to his home in the rural community of Lake Hughes in northern Los Angeles County.

It didn’t take much for him to decide when it was time to get out.

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