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Firefighters overtaken by flames in California mountains

by Associated Press
| September 8, 2020 3:27 PM

SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — More than a dozen California firefighters trying to protect a fire station in rugged mountains were overrun by flames Tuesday, and several were hurt. Elsewhere, military helicopters rescued more than 150 people stranded in a burning forest.

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