Fire crews make progress battling historic California blazes
Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 25, 2020
Thousands of firefighters made small progress on Monday as they battled to contain historic wildfires in California, with potentially dangerous lighting storms proving milder than expected and temperatures easing. Governor Gavin Newsom said some 625 fires were burning throughout the state and had scorched more than 1.2 million acres - nearly the size of the Grand Canyon. Of those fires,