{"id":2529,"date":"2026-06-19T14:36:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T14:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2026-06-19T14:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T14:36:34","slug":"california-and-us-west-threatened-by-wildfires-over-coming-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2529","title":{"rendered":"California and US West threatened by wildfires over coming days"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>By Brian K. Sullivan, Bloomberg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fire threat across the US West will rise Friday and remain dangerous through Saturday for many areas, including Northern California, as lightning strikes risk igniting dry vegetation.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2527\">Google\u2019s secret warrant fight over DOJ pipe bomb probe revealed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Critical fire weather conditions and dry lightning will prevail across the western US, with the \u201cFour Corners\u201d region where Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona come together under the greatest threat, the Storm Prediction Center said. There are red flag fire warnings across Northern California, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Arizona, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbundant lightning on dry fuels will likely create new ignitions across the region,\u201d the weather service said in an advisory issued in southern Oregon. \u201cAny fires that develop could spread rapidly. Numerous new fire starts could overwhelm the initial attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2525\">California ranked nation\u2019s No. 3 spot for natural disaster risks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wind gusts in the western mountains are forecast to be as strong as 55 miles (89 kilometers) per hour.<\/p>\n<p>The largest blaze in California is the Lost Fire in Kern County that has burned 4,324 acres and is only 5% contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. It is more or less about halfway between Bakersfield and San Luis Obispo in southern California.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=2523\">Fine wine importer relocating from East Bay to Marin County<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More stories like this are available on bloomberg.com<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92026 Bloomberg L.P.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fire threat across the US West will rise Friday and remain dangerous through Saturday for many areas, including Northern California, as lightning strikes risk igniting dry vegetation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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