NASA images: Colby fire near Los Angeles, California

Friday, January 17, 2014 - 11:57 in Earth & Climate

A wildfire started and spread quickly in the foothills northeast of Los Angeles on January 16, 2014. The plume of ash and smoke blanketed much of the metropolitan area and prompted air quality warnings.

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