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An unprecedented orange glow blanketed the Bay Area on Wednesday as northern California wildfires continued to burn.
Smoke blown down from the fires and trapped in the marine layer cast an almost nighttime-like pall Wednesday as street lamps glowed and cars drove with headlights on all day.
In San Francisco, people walked or rode bikes along the Embarcadero, their tiny headlamps emanating a blue glow contrasting with the warmer colors surrounding them and reflecting on the water near the Bay Bridge. Many were out with phones or cameras, documenting the unusual natural phenomenon.
Across California, as many as 14,000 firefighters are battling blazes in nearly every part of state. At least 2.5 million acres have burned here so far this year — nearly 20 times the land that burned last year and already more than the previous record set in 2018.
Meteorologists expect the smoke to ebb and flow for the foreseeable future as at least 28 major fires continue to burn across the state.
Staff reporters Nico Savage and Rick Hurd contributed to this report.
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