The California wildfires have already devastated over 150,000 hectares
Most of the activity is in Northern California, where fires have chewed through brushland, rural areas, canyon country, and dense forest surrounding San Francisco
Wildfires have already covered 8,700 hectares in Mexico
An environmental emergency was declared on Tuesday for Mexico City as smoke from nearby wildfires pushed pollution to dangerous levels
Firefighters in Mexico City reported that they had fought 23 fires in 11 boroughs so far
Some companies in Mexico go as far as to start fires to change the land use of soil
Fire crews in northern California seized on improved weather conditions in their six-day-old battle to suppress the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history
The blaze is the deadliest of the 90 wildfires burning across the United States and collectively, wildfires have scorched 1.8 million hectares of land so far this year
Wildfires sweeping through Mati, a Greek resort town, have killed at least 74 people including families with children found clasped in a last embrace as they tried to flee the flames
California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Napa, Sonoma and five other counties, yet there is a total of 14 large fires striking eight counties since Sunday night