- Wildfires death toll up to seven
- Explainer: how did the fires starts, and are they normal?
- Photo essay: the evacuees with nowhere to go
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6.51pm BST
Northern California health officials are telling residents to stay inside, to protect themselves from the poor air quality caused by the wildfire smoke. But for many, that’s not an option.
A vulnerable, essential labor force – the more than 381,000 agriculture workers in California – already disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic keeps working as others flee and take shelter.
The smoke is thick where farm workers were laboring harvesting strawberries in the Salinas area. Thank you @PocketNihilist for sending us this video documenting the hard work in difficult conditions farm workers do so we can have food on our tables. #WeFeedYou pic.twitter.com/O6r0sVcQOO
Related: ‘An impossible choice’: farmworkers pick a paycheck over health despite smoke-filled air
6.27pm BST
The three wildfires burning around the San Francisco Bay Area have grown to a total size larger than the state of Rhode Island.
Surveying the SCU Lightning Complex — this is now the third largest wildfire in CA history. pic.twitter.com/MKhVD8u48U
Continue reading…Wildfires death toll up to sevenExplainer: how did the fires starts, and are they normal?Photo essay: the evacuees with nowhere to goSign up to our First Thing newsletter 6.51pm BSTNorthern California health officials are telling residents to stay inside, to protect themselves from the poor air quality caused by the wildfire smoke. But for many, that’s not an option. A vulnerable, essential labor force – the more than 381,000 agriculture workers in California – already disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic keeps working as others flee and take shelter. The smoke is thick where farm workers were laboring harvesting strawberries in the Salinas area. Thank you @PocketNihilist for sending us this video documenting the hard work in difficult conditions farm workers do so we can have food on our tables. #WeFeedYou pic.twitter.com/O6r0sVcQOO Related: ‘An impossible choice’: farmworkers pick a paycheck over health despite smoke-filled air 6.27pm BSTThe three wildfires burning around the San Francisco Bay Area have grown to a total size larger than the state of Rhode Island.Surveying the SCU Lightning Complex — this is now the third largest wildfire in CA history. pic.twitter.com/MKhVD8u48U Continue reading…