Local firefighters head to the West Coast to help fight historic wildfires

With historic wildfires raging across the West Coast, reinforcements from D.C., Maryland, and Virginia are moving in to help. They’ll join the tens of thousands of firefighters already risking their lives to save homes and businesses in California, Oregon, and Washington.

More than 200 airlifted to safety from California wildfire

More than 200 people were airlifted to safety early Sunday after a fast-moving wildfire trapped them in a popular camping area in California’s Sierra National Forest, one several fires that broke out amid record-breaking, triple-digit temperatures that baked the state.