Politics The latest in cannabis legalization including laws and policies legislators views election coverage and more. Politics In Photos: California Wildfire Endangers Cannabis Crops Leafly Staff A drought-fueled inferno that began in California this week intensified on Tuesday destroying homes scorching dry brush and timber and putting hundreds of cannabis plants in jeopardy. The blaze which started Monday about 30 miles south of San Jose had reduced at least two houses to rubble and threatened more than 300 buildings by Tuesday afternoon. No injuries had been reported at the time but property damage was widespread. Anthony Lopez harvests marijuana plants as the Loma fire burns around his home near Morgan Hill Calif. on Tuesday Sept. 27 2016. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Anthony Lopez harvests marijuana plants as the Loma fire burns around his home near Morgan Hill Calif. on Tuesday Sept. 27 2016. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)Anthony Lopez harvests marijuana plants as the Loma fire burns around his home near Morgan Hill Calif. on Tuesday Sept. 27 2016. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) Firefighters have struggled to control the wildfire in the face of tinder-dry humidity and temperatures in the upper 90s. Difficult terrain and other obstacles have also slowed responders efforts to extinguish the flames the Associated Press reports: One remote area where the fire burned is 30 minutes up a winding dirt road. Another is dotted with large-scalemarijuanagrowing operations. A main route along the ridgetop is not accessible even to firefighters because of downed utility lines. Resident Anthony Lopez who grows cannabis plants returned to his home Tuesday despite still being under evacuation orders. The AP reports he was overjoyed to find his dozens of cannabis plants still standingand his 1972 Buick Skylark uncharredbut other growers havent been so lucky. Last month another Northern California fire caused more than $10 million in damagesincluding cannabis plants that belonged to Lower Lake resident James McCauley. The plants were effectively destroyed after being coated by bright pink fire retardant and newspapers around the world showed him weeping over the lost crop. Marijuana plants are covered in fire retardant near the remains of a burned out house in Lower Lake Calif. Monday Aug. 15 2016. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson)James McCauley weeps while looking over the burned out remains of his prized marijuana plant and whats left of his residence in the town of Lower Lake Calif. on August 15 2016. McCauley traversed a creek by boat for a half mile to see the property. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson)A firefighter walks through marijuana plants as mop-up continued during the Clayton fire after structures were destroyed in Lower Lake Calif. Monday Aug. 15 2016. (Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP)Marijuana plants are covered in fire retardant near the remains of a burned out house in Lower Lake Calif. Monday Aug. 15 2016. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson) This fire is a good reminder that even though we are approaching October this time of year is historically when we experience the largest and most damaging wildfires Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Berlant told the AP. Farmers of cannabis and other agricultural products in California have long worried over water supplies in the state and concerns have deepened as the weather grows hotter and dryer. A provision of Prop. 64 a measure on Novembers ballot that would legalize cannabis for adult use in California goes so far as to prohibit additional cultivation in regional watersheds that cant support it. But as this summers wildfires show a warming climate can mean more than water woes for California growers. Lead Photo: AP/Noah Berger CaliforniaenvironmentgrowingMedicalphotos Leafly Staff Recent News Oakland Rolls Out Drug War Reparations Maryland Medical Marijuana Applicant Plans to Sue Over Lack of Diversity How to Make a Joint Burn Slower and Last Longer MassRoots Note Default Raises Questions About Companys Future More California News Politics Oakland Tries Drug War Reparations Politics Cannabis Regulation in the Wild West: What We Can Learn From San Jose Politics Prop 64 Outraising Opponents 60-to-1 in California Politics Special Report: Can L.A.s Outlaw Delivery Services Survive Long Enough to Become Legal? The post In Photos: California Wildfire Endangers Cannabis Crops appeared first on Leafly. by Leafly Staff at Leafly