Fires continue to rage across the length and breadth of California, impacted by high temperatures and the season’s dry conditions.

Cal Fire reported that more than 12,000 firefighters are assigned to nearly 20 fires around California.

Major incidents include:

- in Yosemite National Park, the South Fork fire, 7,200 acres, and the Empire fire, 4,700 acres;
- the Eclipse complex in the Klamath National Forest, which has burned 80,503 acres;
- the 48,889-acre Salmon-August Complex is Siskiyou County;
- the Whittier fire, which has burned 18,430 acres in the Los Padres National Forest;
- the 17,418-acre Pier fire near Springville;
- the Orleans complex, 17,330 acres in the Six Rivers National Forest;
- the Slinkard fire, which has burned 9,093 acres in Alpine and Mono counties in California and Douglas County in Nevada;
- the Helena fire, which has burned 8,940 acres in Trinity County;
- the La Tuna fire in Los Angeles County, which has burned more than 7,000 acres;
- the 6,701-acre Clear fire in the Klamath National Forest;
- the Railroad fire, 6,180 acres in Madera County;
- the Ponderosa fire in Butte County, burning more than 4,000 acres and destroying more than 30 homes;
- the 3,800-acre Palmer fire in Riverside County; and
- the 2,500-acre Younge fire in the Six Rivers National Forest in Siskiyou County.

Fires in other states – including Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana – also continue to burn, sending large amounts of smoke into the air across the Western United States.

The National Weather Service predicts Lake County will see patchy smoke and haze through at least Monday night, with temperatures to roll back into the high 90s over the coming days.

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