• Record-setting wildfires in California have killed at least seven people and burned nearly 600,000 acres, or about 242,000 hectares. More than 13,000 firefighters have been deployed and tens of thousands of people have fled their homes.

There are 17 fires simultaneously scorching parts of the state. Two fires in Northern California have merged into one — the Mendocino Complex — to become the state’s largest blaze in a century.

President Trump blamed the state’s environmental policies for the fires, saying — inaccurately — that water that could be used to fight them is being diverted to the Pacific Ocean.