And now to the West Coast, where blowtorch winds where sent wildfires racing anew today.Oregon's governor reported hundreds of homes had burned.California struggled again to corral fires up and down the state. Stephanie Sy has our report.Heavy winds and low humidity. The day's forecast brought fresh dangers to much of California,where smoke from two dozen active fires blotted out the sun in the Bay Area, turning the skies an eerie orange.All the windows are open in my house, and look how dark it is. This is crazy.In Central California, the Creek Fire, among the biggest in the state, is still raging completely unchecked.Authorities say it has burned through more than 360 buildings and is threatening 5,000 more around the Sierra National Forest, east of Fresno.All national forests were closed down statewide today to prevent other fires from erupting.Farther north, another fire rapidly exploded overnight in Butte County, which led to evacuation orders and warnings,including for the town of Paradise, which was decimated by the state's deadliest wildfire in 2018.More than two million acres have been burned in fires across California, an unprecedented amount this early in the season.But the National Weather Service is warning of elevated fire risk in much of the Western U.S. Oregon is dealing with at least 35 active fires.
