Northern California wildfire death toll rises to four as crews scramble to beat winds

FILE PHOTO: San Diego based firefighter Brad Walker looks for structural damage to the Castello di Amorosa winery’s warehouse where thousands of wine bottles were destroyed by the Glass Fire in Calistoga, California, U.S. September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

CALISTOGA, Calif. (Reuters) - The death toll from a wildfire raging in northern California's Cascade foothills climbed to four on Wednesday as firefighters battling that blaze and another wreaking havoc in wine country near San Francisco braced to confront a new bout of high winds.

Diminished winds across northern California assisted fire crews in making some initial headway on Tuesday against both blazes, which have scorched well over 100,000 acres (40,000 hectares) combined since they erupted about 200 miles (320 km) apart on Sunday.