17 Oct 2017

Calfornia wildfires: Residents return to burnt homes

From Morning Report, 6:37 am on 17 October 2017

Firefighters battling the wildfires in northern California have made some progress in the last few hours. Winds are dying down, giving firefighters a break in the weather. The fires have been raging for over a week now, killing at least 40 people and burning through almost 6,000 hectares of land. Ninety-thousand people have been displaced so far; hundreds more people are missing. With the latest now, we're joined by correspondent in California Rachel Silverman.