A firefighter died while battling one of the 18 large
wildfires raging in California, its governor said, declaring a state of
emergency.
About 8,000 firefighters have been deployed across the
state, said the California National Guard, which has been called into action.
"California's severe drought and extreme weather have
turned much of the state into a tinderbox," California Governor Edmund
Brown said in a statement.
"Our courageous firefighters are on the front lines and
we'll do everything we can to help them.
The dead firefighter was named as Dave Ruhl, 38, from South
Dakota, who was killed Thursday while fighting the Frog Fire in the Modoc
National Forest outside Alturas
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