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Weather may hamper ‘stubborn’ California wildfire

By Terry Collins

Published August 10, 2014 9:22pm ET

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Weather may hamper ‘stubborn’ California wildfire — An Air National Guard helicopter makes a water drop as the Lodge Fire between Legget tand Laytonville, Calif., jumps the Eel River and moves upslope, Friday Aug. 8, 2014. The fire was started by lightning on July 30 and has grown to 5,400 acres. (AP PhotoThe Press Democrat, Kent Porter) | Kent Porter

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Unsettled weather, including possible lightning strikes, may add fuel to an already stubborn wildfire threatening homes in a parched area of Northern California, officials said Sunday.

Crews battling the lightning-sparked blaze burning in steep, rugged terrain near Laytonville in Mendocino County braced for another round of dry lightning and wind, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokeswoman Lynne Tolmachoff said.

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