Wildfire rages as California bakes under heat dome

Los Angeles (AFP) Sept 1, 2022

Hundreds of firefighters endured triple-digit temperatures Thursday battling against a wildfire along a major highway, as the western United States bakes under a fearsome heat dome. Super Scooper water-spraying aircraft were assisting the attack on the 5,000 acre (2,000 hectare) blaze that took hold of a swath of countryside near Los Angeles in California. Seven firefighters had to be ta