Fire in California’s Big Sur region doubles in size. #TimberFire has burned more than 23,000 acres becoming California's third-largest wildfire of the year, while firefighters also are responding to the newer #PlaskettFire Hwy 1 remains closed from south of the Little Sur River at Mile Marker 56 to south of Salmon Creek at Mile Marker 2.1 California wildfires | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/californias-wildfire-big-sur