Wildfire chases July 4th visitors from Big Sur (AP)

A helicopter drops water on a brush fire in the San Bernardino National Forest near Yucaipa, Calif. on Thursday, July 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - Independence Day is normally a booming time for tourism here, with visitors settling into cliffside vacation homes or trekking out to campgrounds nestled among the redwoods. But this year, the only out-of-towners in Big Sur are firefighters working around the clock to save the storied community from flames.

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