The LNU Lightning Complex fire has burned more than 32,000 acres in Napa, Sonoma and Solano counties. Evacuations are ordered in western Vacaville.
Temperature records for the day were broken across California on Tuesday, with Woodland Hills hitting 112, breaking a record last set for Aug. 18 in 1949; Burbank reaching 109 degrees, shattering a record last set in 1986, when the mercury hit 100; and Santa Ana, which hit 106 degrees, breaking a record last set in 2010, when the high for the day was 95.
Death Valley also hit a record high for the date, reaching 126 degrees, breaking the high of 125 set in 2001. Other spots that reached record temperatures for the day include Needles , Barstow , Paso Robles , Sacramento , Merced , Modesto , Anaheim , Gilroy , El Cajon , Long Beach , UCLA , Camarillo , Oxnard and Newport Beach . Riverside hit 108, tying a record for the day last set in 1950.Lin reported from San Francisco, and Miller and Shalby from Los Angeles. Times staff writers Joseph Serna and Taryn Luna contributed to this report.
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