California wildfires: Trump declares major disaster
Exhausted fire-fighters continue to battle the flames, with some working 72-hour shifts in the dangerous, hot conditions."They're scrambling for bodies" to help fight the fires, an official in the city of Fresno told Reuters news agency.
The state faces are more acute shortage of personnel than usual - the coronavirus pandemic has depleted a fire-fighting corps made up of prisoners, which has helped the state battle blazes since World War Two, due to early releases from jail.
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