wildfire

His business already took a major financial hit this year during the L.A. wildfires, which filled the air with smoke and ash.

Bass had requested that Villanueva investigate, saying that “a full understanding ... is essential to an accurate accounting of what occurred during the January wildfires.”

But as this modest drama begins, Dusty is grappling with the most crushing of blows: His cherished 200-acre family ranch in Colorado has burned down in a devastating wildfire.

Typically, Santa Ana winds come from the north and east and are dry, capable of spreading wildfires; with this event, winds would come from the same direction, but with rain.

“And catastrophic wildfires affecting communities in the wildland urban interface can be driven and exacerbated by extreme weather events.”