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Los Angeles, May 20 (IANS) More than 750 firefighters are battling a fast-moving, wind-driven “Sandy Fire” in Southern California’s Ventura County, which has put over 17,000 residents under evacuation orders.The Sandy Fire ignited Monday morning near Sandy Avenue and Rudolph Drive in Simi Valley, roughly 48 kilometers northwest of Los Angeles. According to the Simi Valley Police Department, the blaze was sparked accidentally just after 10 a.m. local time when an individual operating a tractor st…