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Winds were helping crews beat back a week-old wildfire in northern Santa Barbara County that investigators say was started by a camp fire used by marijuana growers.
The fire was 60 percent contained Sunday morning. The blaze has burned nearly 134 square miles of timber and brush.
A fire north of Sacramento in Yuba County has grown dramatically, destroying two homes.
More than 7,000 firefighters are hard at work trying to get control of the 11 fires.
Officials say crews battling the Santa Cruz County fire caught a break when the winds died down, allowing them to gain some ground. Two thousand people have been evacuated.
The fire has consumed 7,000 acres and is now nearly 50-percent contained.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, R-California, has declared a state of emergency in Santa Cruz County and thanked firefighters for what has become a year-round job.
"There really is no more fire season," said Gov. Schwarzenegger. "The fires start early on of the year. We've seen, as I've said, 5,000 fires so far. That's a lot of fires."
- Photos: Fire burns in Santa Cruz County
- Related: S.B. County fire started by pot growers
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