Wildfires Force Thousands to Evacuate, Worsen Air Quality across Bay Area
b'Wildfires raging across northern California forced thousands to flee their homes Wednesday morning.\\xa0 The most urgent situation unfolded in Vacaville, where a group of fires called the LNU Lightning Complex more than doubled in size overnight and destroyed over 50 homes and threatened nearly 2,000 more. Along with hot temperatures and low humidity, the fires are in part due to a \\u201chistoric lightning siege,\\u201d which, according to Cal Fire chief Jeremy Rahn, included about 10,849 lightening strikes and caused over 367 fires across the state. Smoke from the fires has resulted in poor air quality across the Bay Area bringing the air quality index in San Francisco and Oakland to levels considered unhealthy for sensitive groups. We\\u2019ll get the latest on the region\\u2019s wildfires.'