California wildfires chase people from homes into smoky air

California wildfires chase people from homes into smoky airCrews worked in blistering heat Wednesday to beat back wildfires that ignited across Northern California, sending thousands of people from their homes into smoky air, briefly halting traffic on an interstate and killing a pilot on a firefighting mission. Hundreds of fires were burning across California, including 23 major fires or groups of fires that Gov. Gavin Newsom blamed on "this extraordinary weather that we’re experiencing and all of these lightning strikes.” Ash and smoke filled the air in San Francisco, which is surrounded by wildfires burning to the north, east and south.




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