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A record-breaking heat wave has baked the West for days -- setting record high temperatures, fueling destructive wildfires and threatening rolling power shutoffs in California -- and it could last even longer due to the effects of a strengthening hurricane along Mexico's Pacific coast.
A wood products company says it is investigating whether a fire that killed two people as it swept through a Northern California town was caused by a failure of a water-spraying machine used to cool ash at its veneer mill.
A wood products company says it is investigating whether a fire that killed two people as it swept through the Northern California town of Weed was caused by a failure of a water-spraying machine.
Raging fires forced thousands of residents across California. Long-term drought has made fire situations worse in California, where six active wildfires have scorched tens of thousands of acres in less than a week and killed at least two persons, according to authorities.
A third fire erupted Monday near the Northern California city of Weed, forcing authorities to order evacuations near the Weed Golf Club.