Firefighters look on as a house burns in the wildfires north of San Francisco Bay, California. Photo: ReutersThe southward march of a Northern California wildfire toward the more populated areas above the San Francisco Bay led officials on Sunday to raise the number of residents ordered to leave their homes in the area to 180,000. That fire, along with another blaze in southern California, prompted Governor Gavin Newsom to declare a statewide emergency and to urge residents to heed evacuation orders. The wind driven Kincade fire burns near the town of Healdsburg, California. No fatalities were attributed to either the Kincade or Tick fire, and the causes of both have yet to be determined.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 27, 2019 21:11 UTC