The fires would stop if California actually fell into the ocean like many have claimed it would. Kek California fires become state's 2nd, 3rd largest ever; Redwoods burn in Big Basin state park; more lightning possible..560 active fires
Hundreds of wildfires are burning in California, 100,000 people are under evacuation orders, and the governor is calling in help from 10 U.S. states, Canada and Australia to tame the blazes that have scorched an area the size of Rhode Island.
Some 560 wildfires were burning as of Saturday, state fire officials said, including two fire complexes that grew to be the second and third largest wildfires in California history. The fires have killed at least six people, injured 33 people and firefighters, and destroyed more than 500 homes and other buildings.
More than 13,700 firefighters were on the scene, and many of the fires were continuing to grow Saturday, said Daniel Berlant, assistant deputy director for the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire.
Many of the blazes were sparked by an unprecedented lightning siege of nearly 12,000 strikes over a three-day period.
"These lightning strikes came the exact week that we were experiencing some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded in human history – 130-degree temperatures in the southern part of the state of California," Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday. "These fires are stretching our resources, stretching our personnel."
The Bay Area National Weather Service said Saturday that more lightning could be possible again this weekend, bringing "the potential for new fire starts." A fire weather watch was in effect from Sunday to Tuesday for the entire Bay Area and central coast.
California fires:This is how a lightning storm can start a wildfire
Here's what we know.
Map: How many fires are burning in California right now?
Some 560 wildfires were burning as of Saturday, with three major fire complexes – encompassing dozens of fires – carving their way through forest, canyon country and rural areas in northern and central California.
A group of fires in Napa Valley, known as the L.N.U. Lightning Complex, was spreading through Napa, Sonoma, Lake, Yolo and Stanislaus counties. The fire has burned more than 490 square miles and is 15% contained, according to Cal Fire.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/22/california-wildfires-updates-saturday-map-redwood-trees-burn-big-basin/3419083001/
https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=1120