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DEVELOPING · 11 OCT → 23 OCT 2026 · 13 EDITIONS · 22 OUTLETS

Wind-driven Southern California fires force thousands to evacuate

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 11 22 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 17 Oct 12:20 UTC · Wind-Driven Wildfires Force Evacuations in Southern California 17 Oct 18:21 UTC · Southern California wildfires force evacuations as strong winds fuel flames 18 Oct 00:13 UTC · Wind-driven Southern California fires force thousands to evacuate

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES

  1. 17 Oct, 12:20 UTC

    Wind-Driven Wildfires Force Evacuations in Southern California

  2. 17 Oct, 18:21 UTC

    Southern California wildfires force evacuations as strong winds fuel flames

  3. 18 Oct, 00:13 UTC

    Wind-driven Southern California fires force thousands to evacuate

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • Santa Ana · from 17 Oct 06:08, 3 outlets
  • San Clemente · from 17 Oct 06:08, 2 outlets