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Hundreds evacuated in Florida wildfires
May 12, 2008, 22:58 GMT
Washington - Wildfires in eastern Florida caused hundreds of people to be evacuated as firefighters worked to battle the blazes, US media reported Monday.
At least five homes had burned in a 1,214-hectare blaze, the largest of several blazes east of Orlando, CNN reported. Residents of 600 homes had been evacuated.
The smoke forced the closure of a major north-south US highway on Sunday after the fires broke out.
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