SANTA ROSA, Calif.—Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Brock Long on Tuesday toured fire-ravaged areas of California’s wine country, where firefighters continued to make progress on various blazes, even as a new fire expanded in another Northern California county. The Bear Fire, which began Monday night in the Santa Cruz mountains about 70 miles south of San Francisco, by Tuesday had burned 200 acres, destroyed four structures and threatened 150 others. Five firefighters were hurt, but officials said their injuries...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 18, 2017 02:37 UTC