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California firefighters battle wind-driven wildfire east of San Francisco overnight

California firefighters aided by aircraft are battling a wind-driven wildfire in an area straddling the San Francisco Bay Area and central California. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, says gusty winds were fueling the Corral Fire that began Saturday afternoon and continued early Sunday morning near the city of Tracy, 60 miles east of San Francisco. Cal Fire has updated the size of the fire to 17.2 square miles with 13% contained from an earlier report of 15.6 square miles. Interstate 580 connecting the San Francisco Bay Area to central California has been closed in both directions near the fire.

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