California’s wildfire season is “far from over,” as multiple massive flames sink, official warns

A helicopter flew over Lake Wrights while battling the Caldor Fire in Eldorado National Forest, California, on Wednesday, September 1st.

A firefighter is seen as the heat of Caldor sinks near California’s Silver Lake on Thursday, September 2nd.

The embers fly from a tree as the Heat Fire burns along Highway 50 in Eldorado National Forest, California, on Sept. 1.

On August 31, Jason Marone of the Roseville Fire Department discovers a hot spot in Meyers, California.

A tree burns in a blackened forest in the early hours of Monday, Aug. 30, after the Heat Fire broke Twin Bridges, California.

On August 30, a firefighter ended up with a hose in a fire near Meyers, California.

On August 30, the Heat Fire burned homes along a ridge near South Lake Tahoe.

Residents of southern Lake Tahoe are trapped in a blockade as they try to evacuate the city on August 30th.

An oil tanker dropped a fire extinguisher near Lytle Creek, California, on Aug. 26 as efforts continued to stop the southern fire.

A firefighter is trying to put out flames in a burning house while a southern fire burned in Lytle Creek, California, on Aug. 25.

From left, Astrid Covarrubias, Jose Lamas and Maria Covarrubias walk smoking after visiting their burned-out home in Lytle Creek on Aug. 25.

The French fire continues to spread near Wofford Heights, California, on August 25th.

Firefighters are seen behind the flames of an opposing fire they were preparing to fight the French fire near Wofford Heights on Tuesday 24 August.

The crews battled the California fire as it headed east toward Lake Tahoe on August 23rd.

This aerial photo, taken Aug. 19, shows burned homes in Creekside Mobile Park a day after they were destroyed by Cache fire in Clearlake, California.

Firefighters dug a containment line at the Heat Fire near Pollock Pines, California, on Aug. 18.

Smoke and fog from forest fires darken the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco skyline on August 18th.

In this long-exposure photo, embers light up slopes as Dixie’s fire burns near Milford, California, on Aug. 17.

Destiney Barnard detained Raymond William Goetchius while stranded at a gas station in Doyle, California, on August 17. Barnard’s car broke down while helping Raymond and his family escape the Dixie fire.

The destroyed property is seen Aug. 17 after the Heat fire passed through Grizzly Flats, California.

Firefighters sprayed water on trees burned by the Dixie fire near Janesville, California, on Aug. 17.

A firefighting helicopter flies in front of the sun, which was surrounded by thick smoke from fires near Lakeview, Oregon, on August 15th.

The wind blows smoke for a moment, revealing damage caused by the Parleys Canyon fire in Utah on August 14th.

Crews are battling a fire in Newhall, California, on August 12th.

A table and chairs sit in front of a destroyed house in Greenville, California, on August 12th.

A Dixie firefighter near Taylorsville, California, on August 10th.

Smoke plumes rise from the Kwis fire near Eugene, Oregon, on August 10th.

A firefighter is working to extinguish a controlled burn, a preventative measure, to protect a home in Greenville, California, on Aug. 9.

Firefighters fighting the Dixie fire cleared a fallen tree from a road in Plumas County, California, on Aug. 6.

The flames of the Dixie fire consumed a van on Highway 89, south of Greenville, California, on August 5th.

Chief of Operations Jay Walter passes the historic Sierra Lodge as Dixie’s fire burns through Greenville, California, on August 4th. The fire destroyed several historic buildings and dozens of homes in downtown Greenville.

Firefighters are working on a Greenville home that was engulfed by the Dixie fire on Aug. 4.

Dixie’s fire burns near Taylorsville, California, on July 29th.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, on the left, and Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak are touring an area destroyed by the Tamarack Fire in Gardnerville, Nevada, on July 28th.

Firefighter Brentt Call walks through a burned area of ​​the Bootleg fire near Klamath Falls, Oregon, on July 27th.

Cal Fire Capts. Tristan Gale, left, and Derek Leong oversee a shooting operation in Lassen National Forest, California, on July 26th.

Firefighters are trying to reach a fire site in Quincy, California, on July 25th.

Volunteers sort clothes at a donation shelter for those affected by the Bootleg fire in Bly, Oregon.

Scott Griffin inspects his property, which was destroyed by the Bootleg fire in Sycan Estates, Oregon.

The flames consumed a home as the Dixie Fire ripped off the Indian Falls community of Plumas County, California, on July 24th.

People stand behind the line of fire as the flames of the Steptoe Canyon fire spread through dry grass in Colton, Washington, on July 22nd.

Dixie’s smoke plumes rise over California’s Plumas National Forest near the Pacific Gas and Electric Rock Creek Power House on July 21st.

On July 19, firefighters walk near a campfire in Topanga, California.

A firefighter is doing cleanup work in the Fremont-Winema National Forest, which has been battling the Bootleg fire in Oregon.

A car is charred by the Bootleg fire along a mountain road near Bly, Oregon.

Nicolas Bey, 11, hugs his father, Sayyid, near a given trailer they use after his home was burned at the Bootleg fire near Beatty, Oregon.

Firefighters put out hot spots in a Bootleg-affected area near Bly, Oregon.

A bear cub clings to a tree after being seen by a security officer at the Bootleg fire in Oregon.

Firefighters are working to protect Markleeville, California, from the Tamarack fire on July 17th. Tamarack’s fire started with lightning.

The Tamarack fire burns in Markleeville, near the California-Nevada border, on July 17.

A member of the 12th Northwest Incident Management Team has a map of the Chuweah Creek fire as wildfires devastated Nespelem, Washington, on July 16th.

On July 16, a cloud of the Bootleg Fire drifted into the air near Bly, Oregon.

Firefighters sprayed water from the Union Pacific Railroad fire train as they battled the Dixie fire in California’s Plumas National Forest on July 16th.

The horses climb a slope that was burned by the Chuweah Creek fire in eastern Washington.

The Bootleg Fireworks illuminates the smoke near Bly, Oregon, on the night of July 16th.

A firefighter is fighting the Bootleg fire in the Fremont-Winema National Forest, along the border with Oregon and California, on July 15.

A firefighting plane falls fireproof at the Bootleg fire in Bly, Oregon, on July 15th.

On July 15, firefighters excavated the hot spots below the trunks and scattered after flames from the Snake Fire River complex swept through the area south of Lewiston, Idaho.

The burned cars are outside a home that was destroyed by the Chuweah Creek fire in Nespelem, Washington.

Evacuated Dee McCarley hugs her cat Bunny at a Red Cross center in Klamath Falls, Oregon, on July 14th.

A plane crashes into the Chuweah Creek fire in Washington on July 14.

The head of the operations section, Bert Thayer, examines a map of the Bootleg fire in Chiloquin, Oregon, on July 13th.

The men hug a Red Cross member at a Bootleg fire evacuation center in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

The embers blow through a field as the Sugar Fire burns in Doyle, California, on July 9th.

Firefighters are monitoring the Sugar Fire in Doyle, California, on July 9th.

In this long-exposure photograph, taken in early July 2, the flames surround a drought-dried Shasta Lake during the Salt Fire in Lakehead, California.