Source: United States & Canada – South China Morning PostHundreds of firefighters worked on Thursday in high heat to beat back wildfires in the forests of far Northern California, where the flames have forced many communities to evacuate.Mount Shasta, the volcano that towers over the region, was shrouded in a haze of smoke plumes so huge they could easily be seen in images from weather satellites in space.The scene was ominously reminiscent of last year’s California forest fire season, which scorched more than 6,562 square miles (17,000 square…Read More