Firefighters cut defensive lines and light backfires to protect structures behind a CalFire fire station during the Bear fire, part of the North Lightning Complex fires in the Berry Creek area of Butte County
People in the San Francisco Bay Area awoke to a deep orange sky caused by wildfire smoke that at times blocked out sunlight entirelyButte County firefighters watch as flames quickly spread across a road at the Bear fire in Oroville, CaliforniaA view of a layer of smoke generated by the over 20 wildfires burning in California created and eerie orange glow over much of the San Francisco Bay AreaA burned Valero gas station smolders during the Creek fire in an area of Fresno County, CaliforniaLaw enforcement and fire personnel wait on the Enterprise Bridge to enter an area encroached by fire in Butte CountyFirefighters Rob Spitzer, Max Kitty, Josiah Gist, and Hunter Grossmann with Cal Fire Madera Mariposa Merced Unit - Rancheria take a break along Waterfall Way in the Cascadel Woods community where he and his colleagues have been fighting the CreekMelted metal sits in place after flowing from a smoldering vehicle during the Bear fire, part of the North Lightning Complex fires, in Butte CountyA Butte county firefighter douses flames at the Bear fire in OrovilleCars drive along the San Francisco Bay Bridge under an orange smoke filled sky in San Francisco San FranciscoA singed ice machine sits over a burned store during the Bear fire, part of the North Lightning Complex fires, in unincorporated Butte County, CaliforniaA boat motors by as the Bidwell Bar Bridge is surrounded by fire in Lake Oroville during the Bear fire in OrovilleSignage warns residents that the Angeles National Forest is closed as the Bobcat Fire burns nearby on September 9, 2020 near MonroviaJose Castillo has his photo taken with the Bay Bridge and the San Francisco skyline in the background by his friend Laito Miyake, both of San Francisco, as smoky skies from the northern California wildfires casts an orange and yellow color in San FranciscA person rides a bike on Geary and Mason streets as smoky skies from the northern California wildfires casts a reddish color around noon in San Francisco
