An excessive heat warning has been issued for California inland and desert areas after wildfires in the region continue to explode.
Firefighters in Northern California are struggling to contain the wildfires as the US West gets blanketed by another series of blazing heat waves.
On Friday, Death Valley National Park in California recorded a staggering high of 130 degrees Fahrenheit (54 Celsius) and could reach the same high on Saturday.
If verified, the 130-degree reading would be the hottest high recorded there since July 1913, when the same Furnace Creek desert area hit 134 F (57 C).
The 57 C mark is yet the highest ever measured temperature on earth.
Dozens of houses have been destroyed in northern California and evacuation orders have been issued for more than 2,800 residents of the region.
