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Wildfires Force Thousands to Evacuate, Worsen Air Quality across Bay Area

Wildfires Force Thousands to Evacuate, Worsen Air Quality across Bay Area

KQED's Forum vor 6 Jahren

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Wildfires raging across northern California forced thousands to
flee their homes Wednesday morning. The most urgent situation
unfolded in Vacaville, where a group of fires called the LNU
Lightning Complex more than doubled in size overnight and destroyed
over 50 homes and threatened nearly 2,000 more. Along with hot
temperatures and low humidity, the fires are in part due to a
“historic lightning siege,” which, according to Cal Fire chief
Jeremy Rahn, included about 10,849 lightening strikes and caused
over 367 fires across the state. Smoke from the fires has resulted
in poor air quality across the Bay Area bringing the air quality
index in San Francisco and Oakland to levels considered unhealthy
for sensitive groups. We’ll get the latest on the region’s
wildfires.