Firefighters worked to contain the Caldor Fire as the blaze reached over 114,100 acres, officials said on August 23. More than 2,000 personnel were fighting the wildfire, which has been burning since August 14, and was at nine percent containment. Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/caldor-fire-smoke-air-quality-hazardous-california-wildfire-1622383 | Newsweek

The Caldor Fire is one of nearly 90 large blazes in the U.S. Fires in California have destroyed around 2,000 structures and forced thousands to evacuate while also blanketing large swaths of the West in unhealthy smoke. Climate change has made the West warmer and drier in the past 30 years and will continue to make the weather more extreme and wildfires more destructive, according to scientists. | Washington Post