Large areas of California have burned for weeks as fires consumed 2.3 million acres, or 20 times what burned in all of last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday.
SAN FRANCISCO — Parts of the West Coast woke up Wednesday to orange skies, an ominous effect of rapidly spreading wildfires that have destroyed homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate in California, Oregon and Washington.
“It feels creepy. The air has a strange smell, although not a smell of wildfire as you would expect,” Hart said. Smoke-filled skies added to the fear and tension even for residents whose homes aren’t immediately threatened. Some said it looked like another planet; others, like nuclear winter. The National Weather Service warned that the situation could worsen throughout the day Wednesday as additional smoke particles fall from higher in the atmosphere.
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