The City of Calistoga in Napa Valley was evacuated this week as two major wildfires ripped through California’s wine country. All of its 5,000 residents have been forced to flee.
The Glass Fire in Napa and Sonoma counties had consumed 51,266 acres as of Wednesday and was just 2% contained. In Shasta County, the Zogg Fire has burned 55,046 acres and killed at least three people.
“...Every year, unfortunately, seems to get worse and worse. And we're setting new records,” Mayor Chris Canning told PBS News Hour’s Stephanie Sy.
“People can have the debates they want to have about climate change. We are experiencing it firsthand. This is not normal, but it's becoming repeated year after year after year. We have to make changes.”
Follow wildfire updates at CalFire.