A fast-spreading wildfire in California's wine country sparked evacuation orders as firefighters battled the blaze through the weekend.

Firefighters are working to contain a blaze currently tearing through California's beloved wine country. The Pickett Fire first sparked Thursday afternoon and continued to rage Saturday.

Parts of California, Oregon and Washington state will experience extreme heat at least through Tuesday, forecasters said.

Dangerously hot conditions hit states up and down the West Coast over the weekend, owing to a persistent heat wave stretching from the Pacific Northwest to California and the desert Southwest.

What do you do when the sun won’t leave you alone day and night? More than 50 million people in the Western United States are under heat advisories this weekend, with temperatures soaring into the triple digits from Washington to Arizona.