THE FIRE SEASON
Deadly blazes are breaking out across California—and getting worse every year
by Katy Steinmetz/San Francisco
Oct 14, 2017
3 minutes
THERE IS NO GOOD time for a wildfire to break out, but the middle of the night may be the worst. The darkness makes it hard for firefighters to size up the flames, and people like Eduardo Flores are tucked away in their beds. When Flores, 66, and his wife awoke to find flames nearing their Santa Rosa, Calif., mobile-home park in the early hours of Oct. 9, they hammered on neighbors’ windows and doors, imploring them to wake up—and
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