Wildfires Burn Along California Interstate

A series of small wildfires that broke out along Interstate 80 some 40 miles northeast of Sacramento burned one home, threatened dozens more and brought the partial shutdown of the key highway between Northern California and Nevada. The wildfires Wednesday grew to a combined 380 acres, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said in a statement. Meanwhile, California’s fleet of 22 air tankers was grounded after one of the planes crashed while battling a wildfire in Yosemite National Park, killing the pilot.