California Faces Huge Fires Before Usual Peak of Season

California Faces Huge Fires Before Usual Peak of Season
A police vehicle is seen under a forest being burned by the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire near in Bonny Doon, Calif., on Aug. 24, 2020 Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo
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VACAVILLE, Calif.—California’s firefighting agency is in talks with the National Guard and California Conservation Corps about providing reinforcements as an already devastating wildfire season threatens to get even worse.

Lightning-sparked fires that have grown to some of the largest in state history have pushed firefighters to the breaking point as they also deal with complications from the coronavirus pandemic and depleted inmate crews.