California Wildfires: Thousands Evacuated
Wildfires were raging in southern California on Thursday, keeping thousands of residents and students away from their homes after San Diego county officials maintained evacuation advisories.
Whipped by the wind, flames swept over the parched land close to homes and roads in nine fires across the county, with black smoke filling the sky as California entered the height of wildfire season in the midst of one of the state’s worst droughts. No major injuries were reported.
California Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency to free up resources.