California wildfires prompt evacuation calls for hundreds of homes

The fire, which sent a huge plume of smoke into a sky already marked by smoke from the 19,000-acre Alamo fire burning in northern Santa Barbara County, started about 2 p.m. Saturday. Wildfires barreled across the b.

Highway 154 is closed indefinitely from Highway 246 to Foothill Road in Santa Barbara. Wildfires barreled across the baking la.

A report released June 1 provided a wildfire outlook for the hot, dry summer months in California.

Elms said officials are not aware of any structures that have been destroyed. “We are getting fires at all hours of the day and night”, firefighter Mike Marcucci said. Another was almost destroyed, with gnarled appliances and a burned-out vehicle the main remnants.

Volunteers are on hand to provide lodging, meals, water, and hygiene items for families who had to evacuate their homes.

In rural Arizona, fire officials say three homes were among 10 buildings that were burned.

The blaze burned almost 9 square miles (23 square kilometers) of grass, injured four firefighters and destroyed at least 37 structures. The fire is now 5,000 acres and threatens 750 structures, Capital Public Radio reports. The fire is inaccessible to fire crews in some areas. He says three engines can protect up to 20 homes. It’s burning in steep, rugged terrain with plenty of fuel.

A wildfire in southern Wyoming grew to 3 square miles (8 square kilometers). There are still 5,400 structures threatened by the flames. The wildfire is the largest now burning in California, after tripling in size over the weekend due to low humidity and persistent winds. She said authorities are working to evacuate people from the blaze, aiming to stop it from reaching wineries to the south and electric transmission lines to the southeast. No property damage or injuries were reported.

The crumbling of Oroville Dam spillway caused people to be briefly evacuated in February due to the threat of flooding.

Approximately 1,000 personnel are fighting the fire, according to Captain Zaniboni.

In Colorado, crews were winding down the fight against a wildfire that temporarily forced the evacuation of hundreds of people near the resort town of Breckenridge.

Meanwhile in Colorado and Montana, local officials lifted a series of evacuation orders over the weekend as firefighters gained control of blazes that broke out last week.

Here’s a closer look at the fires burning in the western United States and Canada. The large-scale evacuations led Gov.

It has destroyed 10 homes and four people were injured, according to the agency. Firefighters were battling the fast-moving inferno from the air and the ground.

The fire burned at least 4.7 square miles, including a portion of the Cachuma Lake campground.

Wildfires roared Sunday across much of California, forcing thousands to evacuate homes as the most populous U.S. state sweltered in record heat and flames menaced thousands of structures. Most of those evacuations remain in effect, though Wilsey and some others have been allowed to return home.

[7:47 a.m. PDT] – The Alamo Fire has now burned 23,867 with containment holding at 10 percent.