'We're in uncharted territory': coronavirus and wildfire risks collide in California
Emergency centers and fire agencies work to reduce the risk of spreading the virus as the western and south-western US brace for the inevitable
Wildfires are searing through California and states in the US south-west, as the region braces for an intense fire season complicated by the coronavirus pandemic.
With 2020 on track to be one of the hottest and driest years on record, the National Interagency Fire Center is warning of a higher potential for fires across much of America’s west and south-west.
A historically dry winter – not a single drop of rain fell on San Francisco and Sacramento in February – followed by a hot spring has dried out fire-fueling vegetation, priming
