By MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Evacuation orders were expanded Monday to more mountain communities as a huge wildfire churned through California's Sierra National Forest, one of dozens of blazes crews battled during a heat wave that shattered records across the state. Firefighters working in steep terrain through the night saved the tiny town of Shaver Lake from flames that roared down hillsides toward a marina. To the north, about 30 houses were destroyed in the remote hamlet of Big Creek. 'About half the private homes in town burned down,' Big Creek […]

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