State residents urged to prepare before authorities order a wildfire evacuation

With more than 15,000 firefighters battling more than a dozen major wildfires across California, state officials are urging residents to be prepared to evacuate before they are ordered to do so.

Wildfires have burned more than 1.8 million acres across the state this year, according to Cal Fire, including the Dixie Fire in the Feather River Canyon that has burned more than 847,000 acres and the Caldor Fire near South Lake Tahoe that has spread to more than 208,000 acres.