Rash of California wildfires sparked by lightning stresses resources
Two lightning-sparked fires burning in remote Northern California forests prompted evacuation warnings and strained firefighting resources already stretched thin by an unusually early and active burning season.
Noah Berger for Associated Press
Firefighters have been challenged by the remote location and conditions conducive to burning.
By Alex Wigglesworth, LA Times| 8/2021
The fires were burning amid historically dry conditions and a series of heat waves linked to human-caused climate change. It was the area’s third-warmest July on record, with the average high in Ukiah over 100 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures there remained about 5 degrees above normal Sunday. Read More