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At times I'm in tears, at other times I'm making jokes like, 'I really did hate that green couch in the living room,' she said.

Vet and animal rescue groups have set up an evacuation center for animals hurt or left homeless in the blaze rampaging through California's wildfire weary Lake County.

Vets from a veterinary hospital in nearby Middletown, the scene last year's deadly wildfire, helped stabilize a mini horse suffering from smoke inhalation and burns to its nose and rear.

Veterinarian Jeffery Smith of Middletown Animal Hospital says the horse, named Lightning Gekas, had difficulty breathing and was taken to the University of California, Davis' veterinary school for further treatment.

Smith said people had more warning with this fire than the last, so he's hopeful fewer animals were hurt or killed in the flames.

The blaze is one of 11 large wildfires in the state, where high temperatures and parched conditions brought on by a five-year drought have raised the fire danger.

A fast-moving wildfire has destroyed at least 175 structures, including a historic firehouse and an antiques store, in a Northern California town.

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Daniel Berlant didn't have the breakdown of the number of homes, businesses and other buildings destroyed by the fire, which broke out Saturday and spans nearly 5 square miles.

A fast-moving Northern California wildfire has destroyed more than 100 homes and forced thousands to flee an area where drought conditions and high temperatures are making firefighting difficult.

The flames jumped a road Sunday and moved into the town of 1,200 that's still recovering from a devastating wildfire nearly a year ago.