New Round of Winds Fuel Fury of Northern California Wildfire

In a long time exposure photo, embers fly from burning trees as the Caldor Fire growing on Mormom Emigrant Trail east of Sly Park, Calif., on Aug. 17, 2021. Ethan Swope/File/AP Photo

PLACERVILLE, Calif.—Crews were digging in and burning out fire lines amid another round of high winds that contributed to the fury to a Northern California wildfire.

“We have a firefight ahead of us and the wind today is going to make it very challenging,” said Keith Wade, a spokesman with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, on Saturday.