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  • California avoids major power outages as wildfires rage

    Marcio Jose Sanchez and Christopher Weber, The Associated Press|Updated Sep 12, 2020

    Rescuers in military helicopters airlifted 207 people to safety over the weekend after an explosive wildfire trapped them in a popular camping area in California's Sierra National Forest, one of dozens of fires burning amid record-breaking temperatures that strained the state's electrical grid and for a time threatened power outages for millions. The California Office of Emergency Services said Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters were used for the rescues that began late...

  • California fires bring more chopper rescues, power shut-offs

    Marcio Jose Sanchez and Christopher Weber, The Associated Press|Updated Sep 11, 2020

    Helicopters rescued more people from wildfires Tuesday, Sept. 8, as flames chewed through bone-dry California after a scorching Labor Day weekend that saw a dramatic airlift of more than 200 people and ended with the state's largest utility cutting power to 172,000 customers to try to prevent more blazes. Rescue helicopters pulled dozens of people from the Sierra National Forest through the morning, the California National Guard said. California has already set a record with 2...

  • California sets record with 2M acres burned so far this year

    MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ and CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated Press|Updated Sep 7, 2020

    Sep 07, 2020 2:13 PM SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) - Wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres in California this year, setting a state record even as crews battled dozens of growing blazes in sweltering temperatures Monday that strained the electrical grid and threatened power outages for millions. The most striking thing about the record is how early it was set, with the most dangerous part of the year ahead, said Lynne Tolmachoff, spokeswoman for the California Department...