The Obama administration has directed an additional $250 million toward fighting drought-fueled wildfires in the Pacific Northwest as California officials say the raging Valley Fire is one of the most destructive in state history. The Valley Fire is one of three uncontrollable blazes currently threatening more than 15,000 homes in Northern California. The cost of fighting the blazes reached a record high this summer when the Forest Service spent $243 million in a single week. At least one person has died in the fires. Earlier this week, California Governor Jerry Brown connected the fires to climate change and the state’s historic drought, saying, “This is the future.”