Raging California Wildfires Force Evacuations; Governor Brown Declares State of Emergency

California remains a tinderbox due to drought conditions.
Fires rage in multiple places and Governor Brown has declared a state of emergency with a new fire about to consume San Andreas, a town 60 miles East of Sacramento.
The Guardian reports Explosive Wildfire Threatens California Mountain Towns as Blaze Intensifies.
A mountain town is standing by to evacuate on Saturday and residents across a huge swath of northern California have been warned of ‘explosive fire conditions’ as a fierce wildfire across more than 100 square miles suddenly intensified.
California governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for the counties experiencing the inferno, as it approaches the town of San Andreas, about 60 miles south-east of Sacramento in the Sierra Nevada region.

This post was published at Global Economic Analysis on Saturday, September 12, 2015.