Northern California Burning
The BBC reports on the California wildfires:
The governor of California has declared a state of emergency after wildfires forced thousands of people to flee their homes in the north of the state.
Governor Jerry Brown said the fires had destroyed buildings in the Napa and Lake counties and threatened hundreds of others.
More than 1,300 people fled Middletown, north of San Francisco, as their homes were consumed by the flames.
Four firefighters who were badly burned are receiving treatment in hospital.
Three of the fires, the Rough Fire, the Butte Fire, and the Valley Fire have burned a combined 381.3 square miles destroying hundreds of homes and other structures.
