Fires rage in several states as heat wave broils nation
Associated Press
Firefighters working in searing weather struggled to contain a Northern California wildfire that continued to grow Sunday and forced the temporary closure of a major highway, one of several large blazes burning across the U.S. West amid another heat wave that shattered records and strained power grids.
In Arizona, a small plane crashed Saturday during a survey of a wildfire in rural Mohave County, killing both crew members on board. The Beech C-90 aircraft was helping perform reconnaissance over the lightning-caused Cedar Basin Fire, near the tiny community of Wikieup northwest of Phoenix, when it went down around noon.
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Two firefighters responding to the Cedar Basin Fire were killed in a plane crash
The Beckwourth Complex Fire is also causing much concern as it jumped over to Nevada from California
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