Drought-stricken California is in the midst of a deadly and destructive siege of wildfires. If you live near one of the 12 ongoing fires, we want to hear from you: how are the fires affecting your life? Are you one of the 23,000 people forced to evacuate your home? Has your business been impacted?
Also, we’d love to hear stories from the frontlines. If you have a friend or a loved one that is one of the 11,000 firefighters fighting the wildfires, please tell us about it.
These dozen blazes are the latest in a string of some 6,000 wildfires that have burned across California, some 1,500 more than this time last year. If you live near a location of a recent fire, we’d be interested to see your images of the aftermath once the blaze has burned out.
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