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Fire rages in San Gabriel Canyon

A brush fire, dubbed the Madre Fire, started at around 6 p.m. Monday in San Gabriel Canyon above Azusa. The fire burned until Tuesday evening and charred more than 250 acres of chaparral. Roughly 450 firefighters worked to contain it, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The photograph was taken from E. Viewcrest Drive, near E. Sierra Madre and N. Azusa avenues. / photo by Ryan Gann
A brush fire, dubbed the Madre Fire, started at around 6 p.m. Monday in San Gabriel Canyon above Azusa. The fire burned until Tuesday evening and charred more than 250 acres of chaparral. Roughly 450 firefighters worked to contain it, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The photograph was taken from E. Viewcrest Drive, near E. Sierra Madre and N. Azusa avenues. / photo by Ryan Gann
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