This week, a fast-moving fire forced American officials to order the removal of more than 82,000 people from an area north of San Bernardino, California. Twelve hours after the fire began, it had already burned more than 6,000 hectares. Because of the fire and smoke, officials closed roads, including part of the one that connects the Los Angeles area and Las Vegas, Nevada. Hundreds of people are working to contain the fire. The job is even more difficult because of the hot, windy, and dry weather. Wildfires are common in the western United States during the warm summer months. In northern and central California, wildfires have destroyed more than 100 structures. The fires have forced more than 1,000 people to flee from their homes. Four years of drought little or no rainfall has helped fires spread in northern California.
Title: Firefighters Battle Western U.S. Wildfires
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data-start-time='27917' data-end-time='41521'>Because of the fire and smoke, officials closed roads, including part of the one that connects the Los Angeles area and Las Vegas, Nevada.</span> <span data-start-time='41521' data-end-time='46208'>Hundreds of people are working to contain the fire.</span> <span data-start-time='46208' data-end-time='53521'>The job is even more difficult because of the hot, windy, and dry weather.</span> <span data-start-time='53521' data-end-time='61583'>Wildfires are common in the western United States during the warm summer months.</span> <span data-start-time='61583' data-end-time='70667'>In northern and central California, wildfires have destroyed more than 100 structures.</span> <span data-start-time='70667' data-end-time='77833'>The fires have forced more than 1,000 people to flee from their homes.</span> <span data-start-time='77833' data-end-time='87396'>Four years of drought little or no rainfall has helped fires spread in northern California.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1283/western_wildfires.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=6952 data-hint-location='77833' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1283/what_does_drought_mean.m4a'>What does drought mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a dry period in the weather with little or no rainfall'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1283/a_period_in_the_weather_with_heavy_rainfall.m4a'><span>a period in the weather with heavy rainfall</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1283/a_dry_period_in_the_weather_with_little_or_no_rainfall.m4a'><span>a dry period in the weather with little or no rainfall</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1283/to_regularly_change_something.m4a'><span>to regularly change something</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1283/an_agreement.m4a'><span>an agreement</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=6953 data-hint-location='46208' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1283/wildfires_are_common_in_the_western_united_states_during_the__blank_.m4a'>Wildfires are common in the western United States during the <span class='blank'>summer</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='summer'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1283/spring.m4a'><span>spring</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1283/winter_.m4a'><span>winter </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1283/fall.m4a'><span>fall</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1283/summer.m4a'><span>summer</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button 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