The governor of California has declared a state of emergency as a total of 6 massive fires hit the state.
The first fire-related casualty amid horrific wildfires in southern California has been confirmed by authorities after it had been identified.
Virginia Pesola, 70, was reportedly found dead in a car that had been involved in a crash along an evacuation route in the Thomas fire in Ventura County on Wednesday.
„The death involved a traffic incident during active fire evacuation,“ a Ventura county medical examiner wrote in a news release as cited by Los Angeles Times, adding that the cause of death was blunt force trauma with terminal smoke inhalation and thermal injuries.
