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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dani Anguiano

At least one person dead in California wildfire allegedly sparked by chainsaw

Flames rise from burning brush near dark tree trunks amid heavy smoke.
Flames consume vegetation near Copperopolis on Tuesday in Calaveras county, California. Photograph: Noah Berger/AP

At least one person has died in a wildfire burning in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range that officials believed was sparked by a man using a chainsaw.

Police arrested Herbert Wayne Smith, 65, in connection with the Gann fire, which has destroyed seven buildings, scorched more than 15 sq miles in Calaveras county and killed a well-known dog breeder in the town of Angels Camp.

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