'Nothing left in the bucket': Wildfire resources run thin

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2020, file photo, a firefighter battles the Creek Fire as it threatens homes in the Cascadel Woods neighborhood of Madera County, Calif. This year's fires have taxed the human, mechanical and financial resources of the nation's wildfire fighting forces to a degree that few past blazes did. And half of the fire season is yet to come. (AP Photo/Noah Berger,File)

Firefighter Cody Carter battles the North Complex Fire in Plumas National Forest, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Firefighters monitor a controlled burn along Nacimiento-Fergusson Road to help contain the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, Calif., Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

A firefighter shoots an incendiary device during a back burn to help control the Dolan Fire at Limekiln State Park in Big Sur, Calif,. Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

This selfie provided by Justin Silvera shows Silvera, a battalion chief with Cal Fire, after completing a grueling 36 days battling California wildfires to take a 24-hour rest break in Scotts Valley, California, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Silvera is one of nearly 15,000 firefighters in California fighting destructive and deadly blazes that have taxed the nation's human, equipment and financial resources barely halfway into the wildfire season. (Justin Silvera/Cal Fire Local 2881 via AP)

Charred trees stand above a neighborhood devastated by the Almeda Fire, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, in Phoenix, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Scorched vehicles rest at an auto shop destroyed by the Almeda Fire in Talent, Ore., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Flames lick above vehicles on Highway 162 as the Bear Fire burns in Oroville, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. The blaze, part of the lightning-sparked North Complex, expanded at a critical rate of spread as winds buffeted the region. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A firefighter battles the Creek Fire as it threatens homes in the Cascadel Woods neighborhood of Madera County, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2020, file photo, firefighters monitor a controlled burn along Nacimiento-Fergusson Road to help contain the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, Calif. This year's fires have taxed the human, mechanical and financial resources of the nation's wildfire fighting forces to a degree that few past blazes did. And half of the fire season is yet to come. (AP Photo/Nic Coury,File)

In this Aug. 18, 2020, photo provided by Justin Silvera, firefighters with Cal Fire, the California state firefighting agency, fight a blaze in Big Basin Redwoods State Park on a night in which they saved two stranded citizens in the park. Deadly wildfires in California and the Pacific Northwest have strained the human and equipment resources barely halfway into the wildfire season. (Justin Silvera/Cal Fire Local 2881 via AP)

Members of the Laguna Hotshots, out of the Cleveland National Forest, walk on a road while fighting the Creek Fire, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, in Big Creek, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)