A fast-moving wildfire near Timber Cove has prompted evacuation orders, closed part of Highway 1 and forced the evacuation of Salt Point State Park. A rapidly spreading wildfire dubbed the Woodside Fire has triggered evacuation orders in Sonoma County, California. The wildfire has prompted the evacuation of Salt Point State Park and the closure of a stretch of State Highway 1 near Timber Cove.Officials said the fire was first reported around 1:45 pm Thursday in the 24000 block of Highway 1 and had grown to approximately 100 acres. (Unsplash)Officials said the fire was first reported around 1:45 pm Thursday in the 24000 block of Highway 1 and had grown to approximately 100 acres. Shirin Gupta is a content producer with the Hindustan Times. She covers everything between politics, entertainment and sports at the US desk. Shirin got interested in political journalism during her time as a web editor at her college newspaper NCC News in Syracuse when she first started seeing the effects of national politics in life of her fellow colleagues.
Shirin has worked on a wide range of fast-moving and developing stories locally when she was at NCC editing accessible reports for the audience.
Her current role requires her to track real-time updates, verify information and present balanced coverage across diverse beats. Covering US politics from an international newsroom perspective has further deepened her understanding of how domestic decisions can have far-reaching global consequences.
