Smoke from a huge wildfire that has burned more than 23,000 acres in Southern California's San Bernardino National Forest is covering parts of Nevada, hundreds of miles away.
The National Weather Service in Reno released a satellite photo Thursday that showed smoke from the Lake fire stretching all the way to the southern part of Nevada. Areas near the fire are under smoke advisories, and residents in several nearby communities have been told by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department to prepare for evacuation, the Los Angeles Times reports.
NASA also released a satellite image from the fire, showing that the intense blaze has left a massive burn scar. The Lake fire is only 21 percent contained, fire officials say, and on Wednesday, two drones entered airspace over the fire during separate incidents, forcing firefighting aircraft to be grounded over pilot safety. While the planes were down, the inferno intensified.
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