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<p>A Los Angeles Fire Department helicopter drops water on a hillside subdivision on the outskirts of Palmdale, Calif., on Friday to help combat wildfires.</p>

<p>A Los Angeles Fire Department helicopter drops water on a hillside subdivision on the outskirts of Palmdale, Calif., on Friday to help combat wildfires.</p>

August 1, 2010

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Wildfire smolders in desert north of LA
August 1, 2010 9 p.m.

Wildfire smolders in desert north of LA

PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) - A wildfire smoldered in the high desert north of Los Angeles Saturday, spewing plumes of thick smoke into a nearby town as hundreds of firefighters worked to contain the 2-day-old blaze.