Parts of Southern California are currently under an “extreme red-flag warning,” with winds gusting up to 70 miles per hour in very dry conditions—driving several wildfires across the state, including the Kincade fire in Northern California, which has burned more than 76,000 acres and dozens of homes. Thousands of residents have been evacuated, and even more are enduring blackouts as utilities cut power to prevent new blazes. Below, images of California’s wildfires from from the past week.
Embers Fly in California’s Wind-Driven Wildfires
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An air tanker flies over PG&E power lines en route to drop fire retardant in the valley below during the firefighting operations to battle the Kincade fire in Healdsburg on October 26, 2019. #
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Fabio Losurdo comforts his horse, Smarty, at a ranch in Simi Valley, California, on October 30, 2019. A brushfire broke out just before dawn in the Simi Valley area north of Los Angeles. #
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Alex DeLeon, with Engine 342 of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit of the U.S. Forest Service, watches the Kincade fire burn on a ridge between Lake and Sonoma Counties, as he stands watch at a home above Knights Valley east of Healdsburg, on October 29, 2019. #
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