Firefighters battle to contain historic California blaze as political tensions rise
by Scott Bransford in Clearlake, California from Environment | The Guardian on (#3WD63)
Distrust in government mingles with fears for cannabis industry while fires spread across hundreds of square miles
Haze from the largest fire in California history filled the air near the town of Clearlake on Tuesday as Jim Steele, a local supervisor, drove his pickup truck through a landscape of smoldering hillsides and charred trees to check on the homes of citizens in his district.
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