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CALENDAR ... 10 things to know for Thursday ... Weed residents begin to assess damage as crews make progress against flames ... CALENDAR ... CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE Weed residents begin to assess damage as crews make progress against flames As fire crews put out remaining embers of a wildfire that damages or destroyed 100 buildings including homes and a church in Weed, residents wandered through scorched neighborhoods covered in pink fire retardant dropped by firefighting airplanes. By Jeff Barnard Associated Press DailyTidings.com By Jeff Barnard Associated Press Posted Sep. 16, 2014 @ 10:45 am Updated Sep 16, 2014 at 4:39 PM By Jeff Barnard Associated Press Posted Sep. 16, 2014 @ 10:45 am Updated Sep 16, 2014 at 4:39 PM » RELATED CONTENT • Weed California Fire » Social News WEED, Calif. (AP) — As fire crews put out remaining embers of a wildfire that damages or destroyed 100 buildings including homes and a church in Weed, residents wandered through scorched neighborhoods covered in pink fire retardant dropped by firefighting airplanes. Some homes were burned to the ground, with only chimneys left standing. Broken water pipes spurted over the blackened landscape. The remnants of the Holy Family Catholic Church were still smoking, marked by twisted metal girders lying on the ground. The fast-moving blaze, which began Monday, was among nearly a dozen wildfires burning in California that have been exacerbated by the state's third straight year of drought. The tinder-dry conditions have sent firefighters scrambling from blaze to blaze, almost nonstop. In Weed, residents said they had just minutes before the flames engulfed them. Dan Linville and his son were sitting in their living room when they smelled smoke. Looking outside, they saw a black cloud coming over the hills. A mere 10 minutes later, the wildfire driven by fierce winds raced through their neighborhood, missing them by three houses and torching a roof across the street. No deaths or injuries were reported, but the Linvilles figure a quarter of the town burned. "It's horrible," said Linville, 80. "I've got tears in my heart for all these people that I know who lost their homes." Fire crews had a handle on the 375-acre fire Tuesday morning after it showed little growth overnight. It was 20 percent contained. This scenic town of nearly 3,000 near the base of Mount Shasta in the Cascade Mountains had been under siege from the blaze. The fire erupted south of Weed, and winds gusting up to 40 mph pushed it into town, where flames mowed through a hillside neighborhood. The town sawmill also caught fire. "It ran basically right through the east side of town. At the peak, essentially the entire town was evacuated," state fire spokesman Robert Foxworthy said. Blowing embers started fires as much as a half-mile ahead of the fire front, and 1,500 to 2,000 people were told to evacuate, said Allison Giannini, spokeswoman for the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department. The winds began to ease late in the day, and the fire's pace slowed. Winds were expected to be calmer today. When the fire alarm went off at Weed High School, students thought they were shuffling to the campus baseball field for a fire drill. "We eventually got out there and saw a big cloud of smoke," freshman Violet Carter said. "That whole hill was on fire." Randy Coates, who rushed to pick up his daughter when the high school was evacuated, said he saw the town's Catholic and Presbyterian churches, houses and backyards on fire. Driving by a wood mill, he saw piles of wood chips burning. Weed, historically a lumber town, was named after the founder of a mill, Abner Weed, who "discovered that the area's strong winds were helpful in drying lumber," according to the town's website. 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