Emergency declared across California as fires rage

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency as wind-whipped wildfires in the north and south of the state gobbled up land, destroyed homes and forced almost 200,000 people to flee.

In Northern California’s wine country outside San Francisco, the Kincade Fire has grown to about 50,000 acres and is 10% contained, Newsom said.

Tens of thousands of homes are under threat from the wildfires.

The biggest blackouts in the state’s history have already left a million people without electricity.

Power companies are trying to stop damaged cables from triggering new fires.

Another million people are expected to lose their supplies in the hours ahead.

Via CNN