CA Butte fire almost contained

Crews made some real progress over the weekend to contain the massive Valley Fire.

All mandatory evacuations have been lifted in Calaveras County in the 70,760-acre Butte Fire, officials said Sunday. It has burned 70,760 acres.

“As residents return back into their homes, please be advised that an active fire still exists in the area and remain alert to any changes in fire conditions”. The National Weather Service announced a heat advisory in effect from 10 a.m.to 8 p.m., and said temperatures in the areas of the fire were expected to hover from the mid-to-high 90s. “We don’t worry about vegetation (causing wildfires), but for instance, the Humboldt Fire went South so fast”.

Since Wednesday morning, probation staff raided their closets and opened their wallets to collect blankets, soap, baby food, stuffed animals, non-perishable food items and more. “It’s touching to see how much compassion we can have for one another”.

Last Saturday, Auburn Fire despatched Division 1206 and E 1284 to assist a strike staff battle the hearth in Lake County, based on the division’s Facebook replace.

Elsewhere in Northern California, cadaver dogs were used Wednesday to search for a former police reporter and several other people who authorities fear were killed in another fast-moving wildfire.

The wildfire has burned a combined 75,100 acres in Lake, Napa and Sonoma Counties. All four are still hospitalized with first and second degree burns.

Calaveras County coroner Kevin Raggio says two bodies were found Tuesday inside their homes, which were destroyed by a fire burning southeast of Sacramento.

At least a dozen agencies from Riverside and San Bernardino counties – large and small – have been helping their counterparts up north who have had their resources stretched thin in what fire officials say has been one of the driest years in recent memory. “Please use caution as emergency vehicles and personnel are still in the area”, a Cal Fire release said.

Two men died in separate instances in Calaveras County after getting trapped in their homes.