![]() Crews are battling 13 large blazes, including the Dixie and Caldor fires. On Monday, California broke a milestone of 1 million acres burned, the earliest it has ever reached that mark. The company said it would black out customers in parts of 18 counties. cut power to about 51,000 homes and businesses in fire-prone areas to prevent electrical lines from sparking more blazes if they toppled from high winds. ![]() A blaze outside Athens is forcing villages to evacuate. A wildfire burning near the French Riviera killed one person this week and injured at least 27. In Plumas County, the state’s biggest wildfire of the year - the 635,000-acre Dixie Fire - destroyed most of the Gold Rush-era town of Greenville in just a few hours.Īcross the Northern Hemisphere, wildfires are sweeping areas left unusually dry this summer by drought and extreme heat blamed on climate change. The damage to Grizzly Flats was the second blow to a small Northern California town in the past two weeks. Cal Fire said “significant resources” had been ordered to join the firefight just 242 people were assigned to the blaze as of Wednesday morning. The fire broke out Saturday and has expanded so ferociously that fire officials have struggled to estimate its size - let alone damage to homes and businesses - in real time. Map: Caldor Fire perimeter and new evacuation order along Highway 50 to Tahoe Although southwesterly winds fanned the flames toward populated communities Tuesday, they switched directions and were largely expected to originate from the east Wednesday, he said. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)įickle winds and smoke swirling above the flames have made it “very challenging” to predict the weather, said National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Rasch. 17: Homes in Grizzly Flats, Calif., a community in El Dorado County, are left in ashes after being destroyed by the Caldor Fire, Tuesday, Aug. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) GRIZZLY FLATS, CA. Jennifer Whitmore sprays her home with water as the Caldor fire burns near White Hall, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. The warning covers much of Northern California and reaches down into the Bay Area’s North Bay mountains and East Bay hills. Thursday, anticipating extremely dry humidity levels and big wind gusts. Weather officials meanwhile extended a Red Flag warning for the region through 8 p.m. ![]() Those towns include Cedar Grove, Pollock Pines, Fresh Pond and Pacific House. The El Dorado County sheriff’s office has ordered evacuations for residents on both sides of Highway 50, from Camino on the west to Ice House Road on the east. At least two civilians have been injured in the fire so far. The Caldor Fire more than doubled in size by Wednesday morning to cover more than 53,772 acres, burning through Grizzly Flats and leveling at least 50 homes in the hamlet of about 1,200 people east of Sacramento, according to the Associated Press. Neither the flames on Thursday nor those on Friday caused any injuries or any damage to structures or farms.A volatile wildfire burning in Northern California exploded overnight, razing homes in a small mountain town as dry fuels and high winds whipped the fire out of control. ![]() The fire Thursday eventually grew to 159 acres, Cal Fire said. Investigators have not determined officially what caused the Friday blaze, which burned 45 acres and was fully contained as of 7 p.m., according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. “If it’s down in that creek and you have a little smoldering piece of wood that’s not fully extinguished, with the wind kicking back up, that could easily rekindle it,” Aubert said. On Friday, the fire was again near Marsh Creek Road and Highway 4 but closer to Vasco Road, Aubert said. Thursday near the Marsh Creek Road section of Highway 4 and Walnut Boulevard. Fire Marshal Steve Aubert of the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District said the flames “seemed to have appeared from the original burned-out area.” The Friday blaze broke out about 12:45 p.m. BRENTWOOD - A grass fire that sparked Thursday but was thought to be extinguished may have rekindled Friday before crews in Contra Costa County were able to stop its progress, officials said. ![]()
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