A California wildfire created a "fire cloud" that was seen from space. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's GOES-West satellite captured this view.
California is seen to experience another large-scale wildfire this week. The McKinney Fire has already burned more than 51,000 acres of land as of Sunday.
As the California wildfires continue, firefighters wrapped the bases of the largest trees in the world using a fire-resistant blanket Thursday to save a grove of the world-famous huge sequoia tree from burning in the rugged Sierra Nevada.
Wildfires raging in Northern California have already taken at least five lives and threaten thousands of people to flee from their homes, authorities said.
The Bogart fire in Southern California is continuing to spread after injuring a few firefighters and increasing in size since its first blaze late Tuesday night in the Beaumont area. Officials have slightly contained the fire in the Cherry Valley area (Riverside), a blaze speculated to be human-caused.
A wildfire in San Luis Obispo County, Calif. has been steadily burning for 10 days now, having blazed through more than 5,500 acres in the past 24 hours. This brings the total acreage of the inferno dubbed the "Chimney Fire" to 37,101 as of the early morning hours on Tuesday Aug. 23.
The 2016 wildfire season in California is an extremely active one, with new fires igniting almost daily. Two of California's most problematic fires as of mid-August include the Rey Fire and the Cedar Fire. The Cedar Fire, which sparked on Tuesday Aug. 16, has grown to 20,000 acres, while the Rey Fire, ignited on Thursday Aug. 18 has burned through over 23,500 acres of land.
The Cedar wildfire that started west of Kernville in Kern County on August 16, 2016 has expanded from 9,500 acres on August 19 to 14,543 acres on August 20. The fire located 42 miles northeast of Bakersfield is currently 5 percent contained and has prompted 1,058 personnel to be dispatched to fight the perimeter.
A raging wildfire that ignited on the morning of Tuesday Aug. 16 has continued to spread through the Cajon Pass area of San Bernardino County, west of Interstate 15. Over 34,000 homes and other structures are under threat from this fire and well over 80,000 residents have been evacuated. Numerous road closures are in effect in surrounding communities, while several schools and even hospitals have been closed.
A wildfire is raging out of control in San Bernardino County, Calif., having exploded to 30,000 acres in size since igniting just over 24 hours ago. More than 80,000 people have been evacuated from their homes as the fire continues to spread, with firefighters making zero progress in containment. A state of emergency has been declared.
