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In this Sunday, May 11, 2014 photo, heavy smoke is seen from the Signal Fire in the Gila National Forest, just north of Silver City, N.M. A sortie of air tankers and helicopters took advantage of a break in the windy weather Monday to drop water and fire retardant on New Mexico's first major wildfire of the season. (AP Photo/Silver City Daily Press, Dean Thompson)
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In this Sunday, May 11, 2014 photo, a U.S. Forest Service spotter plane surveys the Signal Fire in the Gila National Forest, just north of Silver City, N.M. A sortie of air tankers and helicopters took advantage of a break in the windy weather Monday to drop water and fire retardant on New Mexico's first major wildfire of the season. (AP Photo/Silver City Daily Press, Dean Thompson)
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In this Sunday, May 11, 2014 photo, heavy smoke is seen from the Signal Fire in the Gila National Forest, just north of Silver City, N.M. A sortie of air tankers and helicopters took advantage of a break in the windy weather Monday to drop water and fire retardant on New Mexico's first major wildfire of the season. (AP Photo/Silver City Daily Press, Dean Thompson)
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In this Sunday, May 11, 2014 photo, flames are seen just east of Signal Peak in the Gila National Forest, just north of Silver City, N.M. A sortie of air tankers and helicopters took advantage of a break in the windy weather Monday to drop water and fire retardant on New Mexico's first major wildfire of the season. (AP Photo/Silver City Daily Press, Dean Thompson)
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Smoke rises as firefighters work in the brush as two fire fighting helicopters pass each other above one of the colossal homes of Fairbanks Ranch where a wild fire threatened homes Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in San Diego. (Wildfires pushed by gusty winds chewed through canyons parched by California’s drought, prompting evacuation orders for more than 20,000 homes on the outskirts of San Diego and another 1,200 homes and businesses in Santa Barbara County 250 miles to the north. (AP Photo)
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A helicopter drops water on the grounds surrounding one of the luxury homes of the Fairbanks Ranch area where a wild fire threaten homes Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in San Diego. Wildfires pushed by gusty winds chewed through canyons parched by California’s drought, prompting evacuation orders for more than 20,000 homes on the outskirts of San Diego and another 1,200 homes and businesses in Santa Barbara County 250 miles to the north. (AP Photo)
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Jack Elkins gestures as he looks at his backyard fruit trees, ravaged by wildfire Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in San Diego. Wildfires pushed by gusty winds chewed through canyons parched by California's drought, prompting evacuation orders for more than 20,000 homes on the outskirts of San Diego and another 1,200 homes and businesses in Santa Barbara County 250 miles to the north. (AP Photo)
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Santa Barbara County Fire Fighters call animal control to evacuate some animals left behind after some Lompoc residents were under mandatory evacuation due to the Miguelito Fire Tuesday May 13, 2014. Wildfires pushed by gusty winds chewed through canyons parched by California's drought, prompting evacuation orders for 1,200 homes and businesses in Santa Barbara County. (AP Photo/The Santa Maria Times, Daniel Dreifuss)
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Fire retardant falls over the hills to protect homes in Lompoc and to help control the fast moving Miguelito Fire Tuesday May 13, 2014. Wildfires pushed by gusty winds chewed through canyons parched by California's drought, prompting evacuation orders for 1,200 homes and businesses in Santa Barbara County. (AP Photo/The Santa Maria Times, Daniel Dreifuss)
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John Argue, a member of the Flint River Valley Steelheaders, watches as Atlantic salmon are planted at Lexington State Harbor, Tuesday, May 13, 2014 in Lexington, Mich. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is looking to Atlantic salmon to help boost the fish population in Lake Huron. About 19,500 were deposited Tuesday into Lexington State Harbor, about 70 miles northeast of Detroit. They join about 60,000 stocked in the Thunder Bay and AuSable rivers. (AP Photo/The Port Huron Times Herald, Jeffrey Smith) NO SALES
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An Atlantic salmon is shot into the water of the Lexington State Harbor, Tuesday, May 13, 2014 in Lexington, Mich. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is looking to Atlantic salmon to help boost the fish population in Lake Huron. About 19,500 were deposited Tuesday into Lexington State Harbor, about 70 miles northeast of Detroit. They join about 60,000 stocked in the Thunder Bay and AuSable rivers. (AP Photo/The Port Huron Times Herald, Jeffrey Smith) NO SALES
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Atlantic salmon are planted at the Lexington State Harbor, Tuesday, May 13, 2014 in Lexington, Mich. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is looking to Atlantic salmon to help boost the fish population in Lake Huron. About 19,500 were deposited Tuesday into Lexington State Harbor, about 70 miles northeast of Detroit. They join about 60,000 stocked in the Thunder Bay and AuSable rivers. (AP Photo/The Port Huron Times Herald, Jeffrey Smith) NO SALES