 impacted by barrel in the first 55 hours of its restoration efforts and continues to focus on restoring customers without power. Authorities out west warned of the rising risk of wildfires as hot conditions and low humidity dry out the landscape amid a protracted heat wave that's expected to make much of the US again today. California's top fire officials said Wednesday that so far this year the wildfires have scorched five times the average vegetation burned through July 10th in each of the last five years. CAL FIRE DIRECTOR JOE TYLER