Wildfire

At least 50 people have died so far with the death toll expected to rise.

The Grant Fire was first reported around 5.30 p.m. in Alameda County.

"[The Klamathon Fire has] destroyed structures, threatened homes and critical infrastructure and caused the evacuation of residents," said California Governor Edmund G. Brown.

In the days after the fire, residents rummaged through the debris, searching for salvageable belongings amid the destruction.

A hundred troops were called in this week to help battle the blaze after scorching heat and changing wind directions made controlling the fire in Saddleworth Moor especially difficult.

The Yankee fire was about 100 acres as of Wednesday evening.

The fire started when a prescribed burn broke free of its designated area due to high winds.

Rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Bud allowed firefighters to make progress in containing the blaze—but it's not over yet.

“Weather conditions remain critical,” the Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team said.

What began as a one-acre brush fire quickly grew to 25 acres in less than an hour.

What began as a 5-acre fire exploded to 1,400 acres in less than a day.

"We do have reports of structures threatened, but we don't have an amount of structures yet," Los Angeles County Fire Department Inspector David Michael told Newsweek.

More than 800 homes were evacuated, while the residents of another 700 homes were told to be ready to evacuate at any time.

Some 200 firefighters were deployed to combat the flames.

Some 12 structures were destroyed and another 150 were threatened by the flames.

The Friday-morning fire had already spread across some 100 acres.

Approximately 30 firefighters were deployed to combat the fire.

The fire's behavior will be “somewhat moderated” by humidity in the Southern California region.

A fire started at a homeless encampment under California's 405 freeway has been identified at the cause of the Bel-Air blaze that caused hundreds of evacuations

“We are in no way near the end of this.”

Thursday is anticipated to be the worst day of the wildfire.

Forecasters warn that the worst flames will come soon.

“The prospects for containment are not good.”

Winds of up to 60 mph are pushing the fire in the direction of the cities of Santa Paula and Ventura.

Cedar shake and shingle roofs are like having a pile of firewood on top of your house.

Massive wildfires in Northern California have forced evacuations in Napa and Sonoma counties.

The fire broke out in the Mount Hood National Forest on Saturday, trapping 153 hikers who were later rescued.

The fire has been scorching southern Utah since June 17.