Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in a northern county where a major wildfire has burned thousands of acres and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents amid near-record heat throughout much of the Golden State fueled by human-caused global heating.
'It cannot be stressed enough that this is an exceptionally dangerous and lethal situation,' the National Weather Service's San Francisco Bay Area branch cautioned as it extended the red flag warning through Friday while preparing the public for the possibility of further extensions.
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