Nearly 1 million acres are burning due to wildfires across California, official says

(CNN)Wildfires in California have burned through nearly 1 million acres -- and there's no end in sight as thousands of firefighters struggle to contain the blazes and more emerge. Hundreds of fires were started by lightning, Cal Fire spokesman Steve Kaufmann said. There were approximately 12,000 lightning strikes that started 585 fires in the state over the past week. Approximately 950,000 acres in the state are burning with more than 13,000 firefighters working the fires, he said. Firefighters make a stand in the backyard of a home in front of the advancing CZU August Lightning Complex Fire on Friday, August 21,...