Thread: Lightning-sparked fires rage across Northern California

Lightning-sparked wildfires swept across Northern California on Wednesday, scorching huge swaths of sun-parched land and leading to orders for thousands of people to evacuate, officials said.


Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that firefighters were battling 367 known wildfires statewide — 23 of them major fires or complexes — and that there had been more than 10,800 lightning strikes over the previous 72 hours.


Wednesday morning, the pilot of a Bell UH-1H helicopter was killed in a crash while on a water-dropping mission at the Hills Fire around 9 miles south of Coalinga in the San Joaquin Valley, said the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. The pilot worked for a private company contracted by the agency.


Travis Air Force Base in Solano County, northeast of the San Francisco Bay Area, Wednesday night ordered all non-essential personnel to leave due a large fire called the LNU Lightning Complex Fire, which has burned more than 124,000 acres and destroyed 105 structures.

MORE Lightning-sparked fires rage across Northern California as thousands are ordered to evacuate

That is just terrible this is fire season is on. Sadly up here in the north as well.

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Originally Posted by Norton

Gonna get worse before it gets better

And to think - people used to want to live forever.

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

lightening bolts

They do love those blonde highlights in California though, eh?

Originally Posted by cyrille

They do love those blonde highlights in California though, eh?

Laugh it up. I have lost family members fighting these wildfires.

2 minutes silence please for bsnub.