2nd firefighter dies in the ongoing wildfires of California
A second firefighter has been killed in wildfires that have been battering drought-stricken California over the summer.  More than 10,000 firefighters have been dispatched to fight a record number of 20 wildfires in the region, that have seen constant evacuations, hundreds of homes and outbuildings destroyed, and with costs reaching hundreds of millions of dollars so far.
Nearly $200 million in real estate property is threatened by the “Rocky Fire” raging in Northern California, according to a survey from CoreLogic.

About 1,000 of the 3,949 homes just north of the Bay Area in Colusa, Yolo and Lake counties — which are worth more than $220 million — are at what CoreLogic US:CLGX described as the two highest risk categories for fire damage. CoreLogic is an Irvine, Calif.-based real estate research firm. The Rocky Fire, which ignited on July 29, encompasses more than 69,000 acres (almost 100 square miles), mostly in the Cache Creek Wilderness region, and less than half of it is contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or CalFire.