CALISTOGA, Calif.: Firefighters in northern California on Tuesday struggled to make headway against two wildfires, one of them threatening towns and wineries in Napa Valley, and another blaze that killed three people in the Cascade foothills closer to the Oregon border.
The three fatalities in the so-called Zogg Fire that erupted on Sunday in Shasta County, about 200 miles (322 kms) north of San Francisco, were reported Monday evening by the local sheriff. As of Tuesday there were still no details on how or when they perished.
All three were civilians, and their deaths brought to 29 the number of people killed since mid-August in what now stands as the worst year on record for California wildfires in terms of acreage burned.
Farther south, the Glass Fire also raged for a third day in wine country. Already it had destroyed a highly rated restaurant and buildings at a winery whose…