The wind driven Kincade fire burns near the town of Healdsburg, California, U.S., October 27,2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
HEALDSBURG, Calif. (Reuters) - Crews lost ground on Sunday against a wind-driven wildfire that has blackened a wide swath of California's picturesque wine country and driven 180,000 people from their homes as they hoped for a break in the hot, dry weather.
About 3,000 people were battling the Kinkade Fire, the worst of more than a dozen major blazes that have damaged or destroyed nearly 400 structures, and prompted Governor Gavin Newsom to declare a statewide emergency.
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