Wildfire scorches historic California Gold Rush town, also Mexico declares sargassum a fishery resource for industrial use

A fast-moving wildfire tore through a historic Gold Rush community in Tuolumne County, California, on Tuesday, forcing evacuations and destroying homes, according to Cal Fire.

The blaze, known as the 6-5 Fire, grew quickly to more than 6 square miles and was still uncontained Tuesday night.

Sargassum supports biodiversity in the open sea, but when it washes ashore, it decomposes, creating environmental, economic and health problems. Mexico has some ideas of how to put it use rather than just cleaning it up from beaches.

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