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								<span>Days of moist, cool weather helped firefighters get a handle 
on a destructive wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains that scorched 
3,900 acres and at least 29 homes.<br><br>Easing winds and lower 
temperatures helped keep the blaze from spreading and fire crews had the
 blaze mostly contained early Monday, according to the California 
Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention.<br><br>"It's really not moving at all," said David Coursey, a department spokesman.<br><br>The
 6-square-mile fire was expected to be fully surrounded by Tuesday, fire
 officials said. The blaze still threatened 550 homes and 20 commercial 
buildings.<br><br>While some evacuees were let in on an hour-by-hour 
basis to survey the damage, hundreds of residents were told to stay away
 following the outbreak of the fire in the mountainous region about 15 
miles south of San Jose.<br><br>Five firefighters have suffered minor injuries.<br><br>In
 a community meeting at a church Sunday afternoon, residents eager to 
sleep in their own beds were given bad news. Officials said a quick turn
 in weather could re-ignite the blaze, and that they would have to wait 
until Tuesday to return home.<br><br>Meanwhile, nearly 3,000 personnel 
worked to cut fire lines through centuries-old redwood forests as a 
swarm of helicopters and air tankers doused flames from the sky.<br><br>Gov.
 Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency for Santa Cruz and 
Santa Clara counties to allow access to state funds. The firefighting 
effort has cost $6.1 million so far, Coursey said.<br><br>Smoke from the
 wildfire has left a haze over the San Francisco Bay area that was 
expected to linger through the Memorial Day weekend.<br><br>Investigators
 are still probing the cause of the fire, which broke out just as the 
state's unofficial fire season got under way in mid-May. The blaze 
erupted following the state's driest two-month period on record.</span>
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