CALIFORNIA, USA — California is free of extreme weather warnings but firefighters working to contain massive wildfires are being cautioned about increasingly warm and dry conditions heading toward Labor Day.
The two largest fires, east and north of San Francisco Bay, are at least 60% surrounded Monday. A third big fire to the south in the Santa Cruz Mountains region is 39% surrounded.
Thousands of people have been allowed to return home but many remain under evacuation orders. Those fires and others began with a massive electrical storm on Aug. 15 that unleashed thousands of lightning bolts. There have been seven deaths and nearly 2,500 structures have been destroyed