California fires threaten homes, melt shoes along destructive path

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• Alexz Londos and friend Jesse William witness one of many California fires
  
• Sander Konig ushers restaurant patrons off terrace as smoke approaches
  
• Heike van Geel spotted flames on the hills and took pictures from her balcony
  
• iReport.com: See these and other photos, video from the fire and send your own
  
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