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Fri 10 Oct 2007Bush meets victims of Californian wildfiresUS:As improving weather conditions raised hopes that the worst of the Californian wildfires may be over, President George Bush flew in to view the devastation from the air and meet firefighters and householders affected by the blazes. Denis Staunton, Washington Correspondent, reports."It's a sad situation out there in southern California," Mr Bush said as he left the White House. "I fully understand that the people have got a lot of anguish in their hearts. They just need to know a lot of folks care about them."