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This Tuesday, July 18, 2017 photo, shows El Encanto Mexican restaurant where Maria Raya-Garcia worked as a prep cook in Cave Creek, Ariz. Tragedy has left a hole in the Arizona community after Raya-Garcia, along with her husband and the couple's children as well as several other family members were lost in a flash flood in a rocky canyon north of Phoenix while celebrating Raya-Garcia's birthday on Saturday, July 15. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
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Flames rise behind a vacant house as firefighters work to halt the Detwiler fire near Mariposa, Calif., Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Flames rise behind a vacant house as a firefighter works to halt the Detwiler fire near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Flames rise behind a vacant house as a firefighter works to halt the Detwiler wildfire near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. As wildfires rage throughout the western U.S., one California blaze in the rugged mountains outside of Yosemite National Park forced thousands of nearby residents to flee their homes. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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A chimney stands at a burned residence as the Detwiler fire burns near Mariposa, Calif., Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Evacuees Don and Jodi Roark, who are unsure if their Bear Valley house is still standing, rest outside a Red Cross center for Detwiler fire evacuees in Oakhurst, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. A surging wildfire raced through California mountains and foothills west of Yosemite National Park on Wednesday, forcing thousands to flee tiny, Gold Rush-era towns. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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Melted lawn chairs rest outside a residence leveled by the Detwiler fire near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. A surging wildfire raced through California mountains and foothills west of Yosemite National Park on Wednesday, forcing thousands to flee tiny, Gold Rush-era towns. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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A chimney stands at a burned residence on Yaqui Gulch Road as a wildfire burns near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The fire has forced thousands of people from homes in and around a half-dozen small communities, officials said. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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A burned structure stands atop a hill on Yaqui Gulch Road as a wildfire burns near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. According to fire officials, the blaze has scorched thousands of acres and destroyed multiple structures. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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An air tanker drops retardant while battling a wildfire near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The fire has forced thousands of people from homes in and around a half-dozen small communities, officials said. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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An air tanker drops retardant while battling a wildfire fire near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. According to fire officials, the blaze has scorched more than thousands of acres and destroyed multiple structures. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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A scorched car rests next to a residence leveled by the Detwiler fire near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. A surging wildfire raced through California mountains and foothills west of Yosemite National Park on Wednesday, forcing thousands to flee tiny, Gold Rush-era towns. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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A chimney stands at a burned residence on Yaqui Gulch Road as a wildfire burns near Mariposa, Calif., on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The fire has forced more than 4,000 people from homes in and around a half-dozen small communities, officials said (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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An air tanker drops retardant while battling a wildfire near Mariposa, Calif., Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The fire has forced thousands of people from homes in and around a half-dozen small communities, officials said. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
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CORRECTS LOCATION TO NORTH BELLPORT, NOT SHIRLEY - A Cessna C206 aircraft rests just off the shoulder of the Sunrise Highway in North Bellport, N.Y., after making a precautionary landing ON Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The pilot was the only person on board. Suffolk County police say there were no injuries. (AP Photo/Julie Walker)
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The U.S. Missile Defense Agency will take greater control of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense missile system from Boeing at the end of this year, according a spokesman. This is a major shift in oversight. (Department of Defense)
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FILE- In this May 21, 2010 file photo, Shane McMahon, right joins his mother, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Linda McMahon, center, and his sister Stephanie, at the Connecticut Republican Convention in Hartford, Conn. On Wednesday, July 19, 2017, a helicopter with Shane McMahon aboard made an emergency landing in the ocean off New York's Long Island. McMahon and the pilot were uninjured in the incident. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
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The remains of mobile homes destroyed by a wildfire are seen in Boston Flats as a fire burns on a mountain near Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada, on Sunday, July 9, 2017. California officials said the extraordinarily wet winter caused thick spring blooms that are now dried out and burning, making for unpredictable fire behavior. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
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A woman stands on a dock on the Vermillion Lakes near Banff, Alberta, Sunday, July 16, 2017, overlooking Mt. Rundle covered by smoke that came from a wildfire in Kootenay National Park in British Columbia. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Smoke and fire retardant are seen along a neighborhood in Lake Country, British Columbia, Sunday, July 16, 2017. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)
