California city cancels July 4 fireworks as firefighters battle flames

OROVILLE, California: Fourth of July fireworks celebrations in a Northern California community were cancelled as nearly 26,000 residents were displaced by a growing wildfire and hundreds of firefighters battled the flames from entering more homes.

In Oroville City of Butte County, nearly 70 miles north of Sacramento, the Thompson Fire erupted before noon on July 2. The huge plume of smoke could be seen from spac