At Least 5 People Killed in Northern California Wildfires

A massive column of smoke rises above Highway 1 just north of the Santa Cruz County line as a section of the CZU August Lightning Complex burns above Waddell Beach, northwest of Santa Cruz, Calif., on Aug. 19, 2020. Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP

SANTA CRUZ, California—Dozens of wildfires raging throughout Northern California have now claimed at least five lives and threaten tens of thousands of homes, authorities said Thursday.

The death of a resident in Solano County, in the northeastern San Francisco Bay Area, was reported Thursday by Sheriff Thomas A. Ferrara, although he didn’t have any additional details.