Firefighters aided by rain fought to contain a massive blaze that swept through the California desert into Nevada and is threatening the region’s famous spiky Joshua trees. The York Fire that erupted last Friday is California’s largest wildfire this year. As of Wednesday night it had burned through nearly 147 square miles (380.4 square kilometers) of land and was […]
A brief but heavy downpour helped firefighters battling the massive blaze, but meteorologists warned of the potential for sudden and erratic wind shifts that could endanger crews.