Across the West, firefighters are battling dozens of wildfires, and one of the biggest is in Yolo County, California.
On Wednesday, firefighting helicopters flew into thick smoke to fight a fire that’s burned more than 80,000 acres in three rural counties west of Sacramento. Nearly 3,000 firefighters have been working around the clock, lighting backfires and building a containment line, in an effort to keep the flames at bay.
The wildfire is also threatening more than 1,000 homes and buildings, and hundreds of residents were told to evacuate.
