A charred snowman holiday display looks out over mobile homes consumed by the Lilac wildfire in Fallbrook, California. (EPA photo)FALLBROOK, California: A week of destructive fires in Southern California is ending but danger still looms. High fire risk is expected to last into January and the governor and experts said climate change is making it a year-round threat. The military provided C-130 planes for firefighting, said Mark Ghilarducci, director of the California Office of Emergency Services. In the 2007 firestorm, Gonzalez had almost no warning before his house was destroyed, only four months after moving in.

Source: Bangkok Post December 10, 2017 20:26 UTC