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Firefighters all but concede defeat to raging California wildfires; flames too big, too fast

Patients wait to be evacuated from Pomerado Hospital in Poway, Calif., as a fire approaches. About 10,000 area residents ended up at Qualcomm Stadium, home to the San Diego Chargers team. People at the stadium huddled in eerie silence on the bleachers, staring at muted TV news reports of the wildfires.