A firefighter for the Boulder Creek Fire Department, gets down from a fire truck, August 22, 2020, in Boulder Creek, California.
Reinforcements arrived to bolster overwhelmed crews, and evacuation orders were lifted in some areas. Since August 15, state fire officials say more than 12,000 lightning strikes across the state ignited more than 500 wildfires. Most of the damage is caused by three clusters of fire complexes that are ravaging forest and rural areas in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. Ben Slaughter, a firefighter for the Boulder Creek Fire Department, walks along Highway 9 while monitoring flames from the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire, Saturday, August 22, 2020,.
Governor Gavin Newsom says the declaration will also help people in counties affected by the fires with crisis counseling, housing and other social services.
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