Firefighters

Around 80 percent of people who contract COVID-19 lose their sense of smell for several weeks afterward.

A Public Safety Power Shutoff is being considered for over 14,000 Southern California Edison customers in Ventura County and more than 16,000 in neighboring Los Angeles County.

As front-line workers across Los Angeles remain skeptical about the vaccine, the city's fire department is offering prizes to those who receive the shot.

After dangling upside down for an hour, the unidentified man was finally rescued by the Sacramento Fire Department and managed to escape unscathed.

No-one was inside the building, which local media reported was owned by the Arizona Pipeline Company, but one firefighter suffered minor burn injuries.

The Bond Fire has burned 6,400 acres of the state, with 10 percent contained, as of Friday, according the Orange County Fire Authority.

Mandatory evacuation orders and evacuation warnings are in place across several parts of Orange County.

A Red Flag Warning is in place for parts of Southern California due to gusty winds and low humidity from Wednesday evening through Saturday evening.

Two days before his release date, the inmate fire crew member, who suffered a "traumatic neck injury" while fighting fires, was told he would taken to a detention center.

Firefighters continue to battle 22 wildfires across the state, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).

There are 18 large active fires burning in California, which have collectively burned over 2.2 million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

Six large fires have burned over 447,000 acres of Colorado, as of Tuesday, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

More than 90,000 people have been told to evacuate areas south of Los Angeles, as fires burn more than 10,000 acres.

There are currently seven large active fires in Colorado, which have collectively burned at least 423,133 acres, as of Sunday.

There are five other large active fires in Colorado, which have collectively burned 232,358 acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

The blaze was at around 19,000 acres Wednesday morning and expanded to over 30,000 acres by early evening, according to fire officials.

Several park and road closures have been announced in various parts of the area affected by the fire.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has warned that "humidity recovery remains slow, continuing the increased fire danger."

Fire suppression efforts in the West Zone of the August Complex Fire were hampered by "dangerously low humidity levels" on Monday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection confirmed.

The four crew members on duty in Butte County were treated for injuries to their legs as well as heat exhaustion.

More than 16,500 firefighters are battling 23 major wildfires.

Fire activity in the Glass Fire area is projected to pick up following the Red Flag Warning in effect across the region.

The air quality is expected to remain "unhealthy" through Friday in the Northern Zone and Eastern Zone of the Bay Area.

A state of emergency has been declared across Napa, Sonoma and Shasta counties due to the Glass and Zogg fires.

Evacuation orders are in effect across parts of Napa County following the Glass Fire, which is zero percent contained.

There are around 64 wineries in the areas under evacuation orders and warnings in the Napa Valley region.

The Glass Fire is burning with "a dangerous rate of spread," the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection confirmed.

The August Complex Fire is approaching California's Trinity Pines area, where there are reportedly up to 40 legal cannabis farms.

Over 18,200 firefighters continue to combat wildfires across the state.

Around 8,000 wildfires have burned over 3.6 million acres of California this year.