(Bloomberg) — For the West Coast, the blackouts are mostly over. Now it’s a matter of flames and smoke.Raging fires across the coastal states have forced evacuations, strained fire-fighting resources and smothered much of the region in a twilight pall. While a heat wave has eased and California utilities that shut down their power lines to prevent fires have switched the lights back on, the lingering effects of wind storms this week are proving devastating.More than half a million acres of forests and grassland burned in California on Wednesday alone, including a blaze in Butte County that killed at least …read more
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