California Wild Fires

Firefighters were battling unprecedented wildfires up and down the US West Coast on Friday that killed 15 people and forced more than half a million others to flee their homes, with officials warning of more deaths to come in the days ahead.

Hundreds of people have evacuated to escape a wildfire in coastal Southern California and a larger blaze in rural New Mexico as hot weather feeds the flames, raising health concerns in other regions, officials said on Thursday.

Raging wildfires damaged or destroyed over 100 buildings in California on Monday and forced hundreds to evacuate in the drought-stricken US state, officials said.

A fierce, wind-driven wildfire spread on Friday along the California coast northwest of Los Angeles, threatening 4,000 homes and a military base as residents were evacuated ahead of the flames and a university campus was closed.

Firefighters said on Wednesday they had partially surrounded a wildfire north of Los Angeles in the United States that has burned at least 30 homes and is threatening about 150 others.The blaze 10 miles (16 kilometres) south of Tehachapi in California is one of two in mostly rural Kern County that have forced approximately 2,300 people to evacuate ...

Firefighters were battling unprecedented wildfires up and down the US West Coast on Friday that killed 15 people and forced more than half a million others to flee their homes, with officials warning of more deaths to come in the days ahead.

Hundreds of people have evacuated to escape a wildfire in coastal Southern California and a larger blaze in rural New Mexico as hot weather feeds the flames, raising health concerns in other regions, officials said on Thursday.

Raging wildfires damaged or destroyed over 100 buildings in California on Monday and forced hundreds to evacuate in the drought-stricken US state, officials said.

A fierce, wind-driven wildfire spread on Friday along the California coast northwest of Los Angeles, threatening 4,000 homes and a military base as residents were evacuated ahead of the flames and a university campus was closed.

Firefighters said on Wednesday they had partially surrounded a wildfire north of Los Angeles in the United States that has burned at least 30 homes and is threatening about 150 others.The blaze 10 miles (16 kilometres) south of Tehachapi in California is one of two in mostly rural Kern County that have forced approximately 2,300 people to evacuate ...