Hundreds of people attended the execution, which took place by firing squad and was held in public on Saturday.

Low-hanging smoke that had limited the fires’ growth recently has lifted, and gusts of wind are bolstering fire activity in the Sierra Nevada.

Separately, three explosions targeted Taliban vehicles in the eastern provincial capital of Jalalabad on Saturday, killing three people and wounding 20, witnesses said.

Brian Laundrie, 23, is a person of interest in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Gabrielle ‘Gabby’ Petito, during a trip out west.

Some of those left behind after the U.S. military’s chaotic withdrawal say they are scared the ruling Taliban will find them, throw them in jail, perhaps even kill them.

Washington’s apology was not enough, says one survivor whose 3-year-old daughter was among the seven children killed in the Aug. 29 attack.