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Trump issues disaster declaration for wildfire-stricken California

By Daniel Chaitin
Published January 3, 2018 2:26am ET
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Trump issues disaster declaration for wildfire-stricken California
In this photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, U.S. Forest Service Hot Shot crew members from Ojai, Calif., head down a fire break to work off E. Camino Cielo in Santa Barbara, Calif., Sunday morning, Dec. 17, 2017. Thousands of firefighters tried Sunday to shield coastal communities from one of the biggest wildfires in California history while a funeral procession rolled past burn-scarred hillsides in honor of one of their colleagues who was killed battling the flames. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP) | Mike Eliason

President Trump on Tuesday issued a disaster declaration for California, which is reeling from a destructive wildfire season.

The declaration orders federal funding and assistance to help state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires that began on Dec. 4.

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