Western wildfires: Social media users capture red, orange skies in shocking photos

Patrick Kenefick, left, and Dana Williams, both of Mill Valley, Calif., record the darkened Golden Gate Bridge covered with smoke from wildfires Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, from a pier at Fort Baker near Sausalito, Calif. The photo was taken at 9:47 a.m. in the morning.

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at 15:31 UTC (7:31 a.m. PDT) on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, shows brown smoke from wildfires blowing westward, from California’s Sierra Nevada to the Coast Ranges, at center to left, and from Oregon at top left, affecting air quality throughout the West. Smoke mixes with clouds and overcast along the coast. Millions of acres of wildland and many homes and other structures have been lost to the flames.

Polo Salmon, left, and Bobby Slack, both of Vallejo, Calif., wait as they fish for rock crab from a pier at Fort Baker beneath the Golden Gate Bridge covered with smoke from wildfires, Wednesday morning, Sept. 9, 2020, near Sausalito, Calif.

San Francisco City Hall is shrouded in smoke from multiple wildfires burning in the Sierra Nevada and Coast Ranges of Northern California, Wednesday morning, Sept. 9, 2020. Air quality throughout the West was heavily impacted.

People look toward the skyline obscured by wildfire smoke in daytime from Kite Hill Open Space in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.

Polo Salmon, left, and Bobby Slack, both of Vallejo, Calif., fish for rock crab from a pier at Fort Baker as smoke from wildfires darkens the morning sky Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, near Sausalito, Calif. In the background at left is Alcatraz Island.

A man walks along Bridgeway Avenue and looks out at the darkened morning sky with smoke from wildfires Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Sausalito, Calif.

A man walks his dog along Bridgeway Avenue as smoke from wildfires darken the morning Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Sausalito, Calif.

Wildfire smoke obscures the sky over Interstate 280 in San Francisco, Wednesday morning, Sept. 9, 2020.

A bicyclist rides past a seating area outside a wine bar as smoke from wildfires darken the morning sky Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Sausalito, Calif.

People look toward the skyline obscured by wildfire smoke during daytime from Kite Hill Open Space in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.

A woman crosses a street by in front of a hotel as smoke from wildfires darken the morning sky Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Sausalito, Calif.

Wildfire smoke obscures the sky in the morning over San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.

A helicopter with a water bucket flies near homes as smoke from a burning wildfire rises Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, near Sumner, Wash., south of Seattle.

A hotspot burns, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, after a wildfire destroyed homes and outbuildings in Graham, Wash., overnight south of Seattle.

Vehicles destroyed by a wildfire are shown Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Maldin, Wash. (AP Photo/Jed Conklin)

A helicopter with a water bucket flies over trees as smoke from a burning wildfire rises Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, near Sumner, Wash., south of Seattle.

A firefighter working to put out hotspots pauses in the rubble of a structure destroyed by fire, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, after an overnight wildfire in Graham, Wash., overnight south of Seattle.

A firefighter works to put out hotspots, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, after a wildfire destroyed homes and outbuildings in Graham, Wash., overnight south of Seattle.

Firefighters search through the remains of a house destroyed by a wildfire on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Malden, Wash.

Jim Murray, 59 surveys his house that was destroyed by a wildfire on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Malden, Wash. "I bought this house about 5 years ago to retire here. My grandfather ran the town gas station, was the town cop at one time, and was the fire chief," said Murray. "My wife and I planned to retire here but I’m not sure I am going to rebuild. I have a feeling this is going to be a ghost town now."

A person uses heavy equipment to put dirt on fire hotspots, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, after a wildfire destroyed homes and outbuildings in Graham, Wash., overnight south of Seattle.

A house that was destroyed by wildfire is shown Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Malden, Wash.