A haze visible in parts of the Sacramento Valley is from multiple wildfires burning in Northern California. A north wind is pushing the smoke to the valley, and a high-pressure system is locking it in with little wind.

The amount of land burned this year is on pace to be the most since 1994, as 100 blazes roared on Friday across the central Canadian province.

Residents of Beauval, Sask., await updates after the flames moved into the village overnight. Meanwhile, thousands have been evacuated from Garden Hill First Nation in northern Manitoba as a wildfire moved closer.

Ahead of a three day heatwave, two fires that followed a lightning storm that make up the Orleans complex are burning in Siskiyou county alongside the Humboldt County line.

Syria’s wildfires are the first major natural disaster since the country overthrew the al-Assad regime in December.

The Green Mountain Fire, located six miles south of Ovando, burned 20 acres and is sitting at 0%.The Garnet Mountain Fire, located 12 miles southwest of Ovando,

Firefighters urge the public to maintain distance during Mason County wildfires for safety and effective emergency response.

The Forsyth Fire, burning near Pine Valley in Washington County, grew another 775 acres, according to a July 11 update from the U.S. Forest Service. The spread occurred on the southern edge of the fire, where crews are focusing aircraft and ground efforts. Smoke also increased over the last 24 hours as winds pushed the fire into unburned fuel.

The Grand Canyon's North Rim in Arizona also closed Thursday because of a wildfire on adjacent Bureau of Land Management land near Jacob Lake. The Coconino County Sheriff's Office said it helped evacuate people from an area north of Jacob Lake and campers in the Kaibab National Forest nearby.

A wildfire that's burning in the southern part of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park has grown to more than 1,600 acres.