Author: Mike Chapman, Redding Record Searchlight

Alan Kuhl, 72, attempted to escape by driving through an inferno-filled logging road. The Dixie Fire is the state’s largest active wildfire.

A Redding, California, wastewater crew responded and removed the cut-up T-shirts to unblock a clogged line.

Sewing groups around the world are making fabric pouches for joeys and bats, as well as koala mittens for animals affected by the Australian fires.

The crafters are sewing protective cloth pouches for young kangaroos and other marsupials that volunteers Down Under use to help the animals recover.