Fast-moving wildfires in California and Nevada left tens of thousands of people under mandatory evacuation orders, numerous structures threatened and air quality impacted Sunday, as a dangerous heat wave grips much of the Southwestern U.S.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo declared an emergency Sunday in response to the Davis Fire, south of Reno, where evacuation orders affected some 20,000 people. California Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed an emergency in San Bernardino County a day earlier over the Line Fire, where over 11,000 people were under evacuation orders.
he uncontained Line Fire is one of seven large blazes in California and 68 large fires burning across the western U.S. as of Monday, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC).
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