12-year-old boy and his grandmother killed in Oregon wildfire
Authorities said the remains of the boy and his dog were found inside a vehicle, CBS affiliate KOIN reported.
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Authorities said the remains of the boy and his dog were found inside a vehicle, CBS affiliate KOIN reported.
Two children and a grandmother have died as wildfires continue burning across several Western states.
Residents capturing the record-breaking fires compared the sky to Mars, "Blade Runner 2049" and "Stranger Things."
California has seen over 2,650 more fires compared to this time last year — and September and October usually are the worst months for fires.
14 firefighters were overrun by flames as blazes raged across parts of the Western U.S. amid gusty and dry conditions.
People had been trapped from the out-of-control wildfire burning in the Sequoia National Forest in central California.
The blaze gobbled up most houses in the tiny town along with its city hall and fire station and was one of several in the Northwest, where hurricane-force winds were forecast.
Power was cut to some 172,000 homes and businesses to try to prevent power lines and other equipment from sparking more blazes in the record-setting fire season.
The El Dorado Fire has forced the evacuations of 3,000 residents and has burned more than 7,000 acres.
More than 2 million acres have burned throughout the state, an all-time record.
L.A. County, San Francisco set high temperature marks. "Looks like Mars" at scene of dramatic rescue of hundreds by chopper. Power outages avoided, for now.
The workers laboring to feed America say they're facing wildfires, excruciating heat and the coronavirus at the same time.
Firefighters continue battling several wildfires up and down California that have claimed the lives of at least seven people.
Multiple extremes resemble the chaotic climate future scientists have been warning us about for decades — only it's happening right now.
Another is people refusing to evacuate. One thief grabbed items from a fire commander's car and emptied his bank account.
More than 14,000 exhausted firefighters are battling nonstop flames in the Golden State.
"We simply haven't seen anything like this in many, many years," Governor Gavin Newsom said.
Nearly 12,000 firefighters are battling the blazes, which have already scorched an area three times the size of Los Angeles.
Three major collections of fires — dozens in all – carved their way through forest, canyon country and rural areas in the San Francisco Bay Area and central California.
Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes due to several wildfires that are tearing through countless acres of land in California.
Raging wildfires have sent a thick, heavy layer of smoke across the San Francisco Bay Area.
Some two dozen major blazes burning in blistering heatwave are also putting new pressure on businesses struggling in the coronavirus pandemic.
California's governor said 367 known fires are burning across the state and an area larger than Washington, D.C., has been scorched in Northern California.
Smoke blanketed the city of San Francisco.
Unsettling weather triggered an unusual warning by the weather service of a fire-induced tornado at an out-of-control forest fire that broke out north of Lake Tahoe on Saturday afternoon.