Wildfires already well on their way to becoming the deadliest and most destructive in California history could gain momentum Thursday and erase even the modest gains firefighters have made. Modern, strategic attacks that have kept destruction and death tolls low in recent years just haven't worked against their ferocity. The California wildfires have spread in the last 24 hours, to 22 separate conflagarations. Melted metal from burnt cars is formed on the ground after wildfires ripped through the Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa Rosa on Wednesday. In Southern California, cooler weather and moist ocean air helped firefighters gain ground against a wildfire that has scorched nearly 36 square kilometres.

Source: CBC News October 12, 2017 07:48 UTC