Eyewitness video on Friday (January 24) showed thick plumes of smoke enveloping Mountain Hawk Park in Chula Vista, California, as devastating wildfires continued in the state.
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00:00Eyewitness video on Friday showed thick plumes of smoke enveloping Mountain Hawk Park in
00:07Chula Vista, California, as devastating wildfires continued in the state.
00:12Footage taken in the early hours of Friday morning also showed heavy smoke plumes rising
00:17into the dark sky from the Border 2 fire-raising parts of California.
00:22California firefighters were expected to make more headway in containing three major wildfires
00:27burning in and around Los Angeles on Friday, as the latest round of blistering winds dissipates
00:33and the area's first rainfall in months is expected over the weekend.
00:37The improved outlook comes after weeks of frustration in snuffing out the crisis, as
00:42crews contended with water shortages, gale-force winds, bone-dry air, and a steady outbreak
00:48of new fires that have stretched resources thin.