Patrick SisonJuly 28, 20181 Comment

California wildfires burn amid record heat across the globe

Patrick SisonJuly 28, 20181 Comment

As of Saturday, July 28, 2018, there are more than 20 wildfires burning in California. The winds that aided firefighters in keeping the flames from more populated areas were propelling it forward at a frightening rate.

"We're not getting a break with the weather," said Chris Anthony, a spokesman for Cal Fire, the state agency responsible for fighting wildfires. "It just continues to be really hot, really dry and we continue to get those winds. ... This fire's getting so big and there are so many different parts to it."

Hannah Whyatt poses for a friend's photo as smoke from the Ferguson fire fills Yosemite Valley, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Yosemite National Park, Calif. Campsites and lodges emptied out after disappointed tourists were ordered to leave the heart of Yosemite National Park by noon Wednesday, as firefighters battled to contain a huge wildfire just to the west that has threatened the park's forest and sent up smoke that obscured grand vistas of waterfalls and sheer granite faces. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

The Carr Fire burns above Whiskeytown Lake near Whiskeytown, Calif., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

An air tanker drops retardant while fighting to stop the Ferguson Fire from reaching homes in the Darrah community of unincorporated Mariposa Count, Calif., Wednesday, July 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A firefighter battles the Carr Fire as it burns near Shasta, Calif., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

California State Parks Superintendent Lori Martin keeps watch on historic buildings as the Carr Fire burns a residence in Shasta, Calif., Thursday, July 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A water tender operator drinks a beverage after trying to save a home burning in Shasta, Calif., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

The Carr Fire burns along Highway 299 in Shasta, Calif., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Firefighters discuss plans while battling the Carr Fire in Shasta, Calif., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A structure burns as the Carr Fire races along Highway 299 near Redding, Calif., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A boat scorched by the Carr Fire floats on Whiskeytown Lake in Whiskeytown, Calif., on Friday, July 27, 2018. The flames moved so fast that firefighters working in oven-like temperatures and bone-dry conditions had to drop efforts to battle the blaze at one point to help people escape. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A Volkswagen Beetle scorched by a wildfire called the Carr Fire rests at a residence in Redding, Calif., Friday, July 27, 2018. The wildfire roared with little warning into the Northern California city as thousands of people scrambled to escape before the walls of flames descended from forested hills onto their neighborhoods, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Mark Peterson, who lost his home in the Carr Fire, gives water to goats that survived the blaze on Friday, July 27, 2018, in Redding, Calif. Peterson. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Homes leveled by the Carr Fire line the Lake Keswick Estates area of Redding, Calif., on Friday, July 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

The historic Pioneer Baby's Grave rests among trees scorched by the Carr Fire in Shasta, Calif., on Friday, July 27, 2018. The fire rapidly expanded Thursday when erratic flames swept through the historic Gold Rush town of Shasta and nearby Keswick, then cast the Sacramento River in an orange glow as they jumped the banks into Redding. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Carla Bledsoe, facing camera, hugs her sister, Sherry, outside of the sheriff's office in Redding, Calif., on Saturday, July 28, 2018, after hearing news that Sherry's children, James and Emily, and her grandmother, Melody Bledsoe, were killed in a wildfire. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

This gallery was produced by Donald King and Patrick Sison in New York

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