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Thousands ordered to evacuate from wind-fed Southern California wildfire

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Summary
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73% Informative

A wildfire grows from less than 1 square kilometer to 62 square kilometers in little more than five hours .

"This is as intense as it gets. The hair on the back of the firefighters' neck I'm sure was standing up," a fire captain says.

A wildfire near Malibu 's Broad Beach is 15% contained, with forward progress stopped.

Forecasters warn of the potential for "extreme and life-threatening" blazes.

VR Score

82

Informative language

87

Neutral language

43

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

58

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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no external sources

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