Wildfires across the nation

U.S. Forest Service firefighters cut down brush while they work to put out the Salt Creek Fire Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, along the northbound side of Interstate 5 in Shasta County, Calif. AP photo

U.S. Forest Service firefighters cut down brush while they work to put out the Salt Creek Fire Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, along the northbound side of Interstate 5 in Shasta County, Calif. AP photo