California blaze more than doubles in size overnight

The crew sent August. 3 is assisting the U.S. Forest Service beating back the blazes in Northern California.

Incidents at Harrison Lake over the past week have prompted the BC Wildfire Service to issue a plea to the public.

A 21-year-old Sacramento-area man became the second California firefighter to die battling wildfire this year, as a series of lightning strikes ignited blazes in the drought-parched Sierra Nevada over the weekend.

Monday, August 10, 9:45 a.m.

Access in areas around the wildfire is forbidden for safety reasons and so that firefighting personnel can do their work more efficiently. Eleven homes have been destroyed.

Although the Lake County fire grew 6,000 acres overnight, Cal Fire says the burning conditions slowed due to increasing humidity and cooler temperatures.

“When you can’t support firefighters on the ground, fires get bigger, ” said Ken Pimlott, director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. From over the next five days, fire swept another 70,000 acres – the majority scorched by Rocky. All evacuation orders in the area have been lifted. It is not known how numerous destroyed structures in Mohave Valley were homes and how many were other types of buildings, Bureau of Land Management fire information officer Dolores Garcia said.

On Monday, most of the evacuated residents were allowed back into their homes.

The Jerusalem Fire in Lake County started late Sunday afternoon and is now 12,000 acres.

The causes of both fires are under investigation.

The fear is that strong winds from the south will continue to stoke the flames, blowing the fire towards the residential areas located in Mohave Valley.

The wildfire broke out Saturday within the Havasu Nationwide Wildlife Refuge.

Officials say one person from the motor home suffered burns to about three percent of his or her body.

Overall, however, the fire remained uncontained.

The blaze near Anza started as a motor home fire that spread to vegetation. By 2025, firefighting will take up two-thirds. It’s 10 percent contained.

More than 1,100 firefighters are battling the blaze that is threatening 50 structures. Forest Service Associate Chief Mary Wagner attended, saying Ruhl’s death was “felt by every member of the Forest Service”.

On Thursday, evacuation orders were lifted for 800 homes.

About 300 firefighters are focusing their efforts on keeping the wildfire north of the river, Forest Service spokeswoman Linda Hecker told the Fresno Bee.