500,000
That's the number of evacuees due to the California fires:
President Bush plans to visit the areas...on Thursday.
San Diego County faced the most dire situation as flames raced unchecked, with 500,000 people now ordered to evacuate their homes, county supervisor Ron Roberts said. At least 1,250 homes were destroyed.
Another person died on Tuesday from burns in a fire north of Los Angeles, after the first death reported on Sunday some 150 miles away near San Diego.
A state official told Reuters that the fires have likely caused several hundred million dollars of damage.
President Bush plans to visit the areas...on Thursday.
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