California officials reported that at least 15 major fires are burning over 350,000 acres on national forest and Bureau of Land Management lands in the state.

About the same time and the same location as the 35-acre Silicon Fire, PG&E responded to a report that metallic balloons had come into contact with transmission lines.

In an attempt to prevent wildfires, the utility company is removing vegetation from around power lines.

State Parks issued an early damage assessment of Coe Park, an eastern Santa Clara County open space: “Built to Burn.”

The fires include the CZU Complex, which ripped through the Santa Cruz Mountains to become the state’s ninth-most destructive fire.

A grand jury report called out several factors that make the Santa Cruz Mountains and surrounding areas particularly vulnerable.

The SCU, CZU and LNU Lightning complexes, River Fire and Carmel Fire have chewed through 892,313 acres across 15 counties.

Firefighters made significant progress against the SCU Complex in the past day, allowing Cal Fire to ease some evacuation orders.

California has never seen anything like the lightning fires that struck amid a pandemic, rolling blackouts and a record heatwave.

The fires east of Santa Clara Valley have grown to more than 365,000 acres, making it the largest active fire in California.

Cal Fire and San Jose city officials broadcast updates about the Bay Area lightning fires in a series of video broadcasts.

In addition to cracking down on looting, officials said, they’re also trying to ensure that everyone complies with stay-away orders.

Fires raging all around the South Bay continue to close in, prompting new evacuation orders in the Tri-Valley, Morgan Hill and Los Gatos.

Officials announced new evacuation decrees for the SCU Complex of southbound fires burning to the east of San Jose.

With just 10 percent containment this morning, Cal Fire officials issued new evacuation orders for Sunol, Livermore and Fremont.

More than 13,000 firefighters throughout the state are battling record blazes that have darkened skies and forced 100,000 evacuations.