In all, 33 civilians and firefighters have been injured, and at least five people have died.
Thousands of people remained under evacuation orders in regions around the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday as wildfires blazed across the state amid a blistering heat wave now in its second week.
Daniel Berlant, an assistant deputy director with the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said three people had died in Napa County and one in Solano County since the fires began.night that authorities found the body of a man while surveying damage from the LNU Lightning Complex Fire in Napa and Sonoma counties, which had grown to over 335 square miles over the day. Officials wouldn't provide any more information on the death because the man's family had not been notified.
The blaze has burned more than 480 buildings, including some homes, and threatens 30,000 others. The LNU Lightning Complex was the largest fire burning in California on Thursday, according to Cal Fire. The grants will"help ensure the availability of vital resources" while battling the fires, according to the office of Gov. Gavin Newsom.that in the past four days, there have been over 370 new wildfires, and still nearly two dozen major fires burning across the state.
In Marin County, just north of San Francisco, where a smaller fire is burning near the Pacific Ocean, county fire chief Jason Weber said he is waiting for assistance from Montana to arrive this weekend.
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