Almost every firefighting resource in California is battling hundreds of blazes including two of the largest wildfires in the state's history. 9News
'You can taste smoke in your mouth': Thousands told to evacuate as California battles hundreds of dangerous wildfires
One of the reasons for the lack of resources is there are fewer prison inmates because of early releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Just west of Healdsburg, a city of about 11,000 people in Sonoma County, the approaching fire had people rushing to leave with whatever they could carry, CNN affiliate KPIX reported.
Big Basin Redwoods State Park, the oldest state park in California, has been extensively damaged by wildfire, officials said.Fires in California and elsewhere in the West are making for poor air quality, blanketing parts of them and the Great Plains with smoke.
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