Even with the state utility shutting off electricity to avert wildfires, California is still burning.
For more on this and other news around the world, let's turn to our Kim Da-mi.
Da-mi, how serious are these wildfires?
Connyoung, wildfires named as the Kincade Fire swept across Sonoma County in California on Wednesday night local time.
Utilities including Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California had previously cut off electricity as a preventive measure.
But the fast-growing fire which is being fanned by powerful winds flared up early Thursday,...burning down around 40 square kilometers as of that morning.
According to CNN, that's destroying one American football field every 3 seconds.
Almost 200-thousand homes and businesses without power.
More than half a million homes and businesses in California could lose power this week.
No casualties have been reported yet.
California's dry conditions and strong winds have previously led to some of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in the U.S..