A firefighter sprays water while trying to stop the Sugar Fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex Fire, from spreading to neighboring homes in Doyle, Calif., on Saturday. Pushed by heavy winds amid a heat wave, the fire came out of the hills and destroyed multiple residences in central Doyle. (Photo: Noah Berger, AP)

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Wildfire near Washoe County is California’s largest of the year

Firefighters were working in extreme temperatures across the West and struggling to contain wildfires as another heat wave baked the region, straining power grids.

• By By Christopher Weber Associated Press
• July 12, 2021