Calmer winds on Tuesday gave firefighters a reprieve battling two out-of-control wildfires in Northern California, but hot and dry conditions later this week were expected to constrain efforts to rein in blazes that so far have claimed three lives and driven nearly 100,000 people from their homes. Both the 40,317-acre Zogg Fire in Shasta County, near Oregon, and 42,650-acre Glass Fire in the Napa-Sonoma wine country, north of San Francisco, stood at zero containment Tuesday, as officials struggled to gain a foothold against...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 29, 2020 15:07 UTC