California Fires Exhaust 10,000-Strong Army Fighting Them
- Blazes across U.S., Canada strain resources as thousands flee
- Wildfires are burning in dry areas across Northern Hemisphere
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There are over 10,000 firefighters battling unprecedented blazes in California. But that’s not enough, and the state is having a hard time finding more as flames rage across the western U.S. and Canada.
Twelve major wildfires are burning in the Golden State, forcing 31,000 people to flee their homes. Dry winds raking Northern California helped the Caldor Fire east of Sacramento jump from 6,500 acres Tuesday night to more than 65,000 by Thursday morning, all but destroying the town of Grizzly Flats and hospitalizing two people with serious injuries.