<p>A helicopter drops water over a wildfire on Thursday in Cabazon, Calif.</p>
August 9, 2013
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August 9, 2013 9 p.m.
California wildfire destroys 26 homes
BEAUMONT, Calif. (AP) - A rapidly spreading wildfire chewed through a rugged Southern California mountain range on Thursday, destroying more than two dozen homes, threatening more than 500 other residences and forcing some 1,800 people to flee.