Butte Fire burns 70760 acres, 63 percent contained by Friday night

“They’re typically used in the north (Canada) and the Midwest around the Great Lakes”, LeFevre said. It has claimed two lives, charring a total of 70,760 acres and destroying 503 homes, 330 outbuildings and 47 other structures.

The California Fire Department has planned community meetings to address needs and answer questions in Amador and Calaveras counties.

Sgt. Anthony Eberhardt says it was found at a burned-out home in the Mokelumne Hill area. McCloud, 66, had defied evacuation orders, refused a neighbor’s offer of a ride out and tried to fight the fire himself, Wharregard heard later. “He was doing everything in his power to keep it”.

The Roseville Fire Department has opted to train its personnel with both urban structure and wild land firefighting skills.

“She wanted to make sure it would support (the efforts at) the Valley Fire”, Attenberry said.

On Friday, there were eight active wildfires in the state, officials said. Right now, the butte fire has burned almost 71-thousand acres in parts of Calaveras and Amador counties, and it’s 49 percent contained.

There are three emergency evacuation shelters established by the Red Cross for victims of the nearby Butte Fire.

A crew of California Conservation Corps members are also among local efforts to aid in the wildfire fight.

In Mountain Ranch, the residents are a self-described independent lot. And not just for the firefighters but to help us heal. The bio also said he taught chamber music and piano at Los Medanos Community College from 1979 to 1981 and evening classes at Chabot College before moving to rural Mountain Ranch, just north of the Emery Reservoir and near the historic mining town of Murphys. The road closure at Butts Canyon Road at Aetna Springs Road has been lifted.

An 80-year-old man was identified Thursday as the second person to die in his home during the Butte Fire, according to the Calaveras County coroner.

Authorities say a body has been found in a wildfire burning in Northern California’s Sierra Nevada foothills.

Goldsmith has more than 80 compositions and arrangements published by music companies.

“This was wild, because things were blowing up”, Moore said. “Being able to get a high-five from a little kid, even though they aren’t your own, it kind of bridges that gap, takes care of some of the lonesomeness”. “He loved that place”. “It was an idea that I had”.