Sunday, June 22, 2008

California firefighters battle hundreds of blazes

Hundreds of wildfires sparked by lightning flared Sunday across the heart of wine country and remote forests in Northern California, the latest batch of destructive blazes in the bone-dry state. ... Thunderstorms were responsible for as many as 75 fires in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, about 160 miles north of Sacramento. They ranged in size from less than an acre to more than a square mile ... Mendocino County had as many as 90 fires, charring nearly 8 square miles, Cal Fire officials said. - AP

The smoke smell is strong. The horizon is brown in all directions.

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