Jerusalem Fire in Lake County doubles in size

Worsening conditions at the wildfire have prompted authorities to issue a second evacuation order this weekend.

The area where the fire started is heavily populated by Red Shank trees, said Pat Boss, project manager with the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council.

“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.

More than 1,100 firefighters have been battling the blaze.

The fire is burning in Mohave Valley, near Goose Lake, in northwestern Arizona. There they are helping to manage three fires merging on the Shasta-Trinity and the Six Rivers National Forests.

The driver of the motor home was transported to a local hospital after suffering first- and second-degree burns on 3% of his body.

The fire’s cause is under investigation.

The blaze off State Route 74 near Anza started as a motor home blaze that spread to vegetation on Monday afternoon.

As of Tuesday, officials reported 0 percent containment.

“There’s some facilities here that are available to the residents that are being evacuated as well as for any type of pets or large animals”, she said. Traffic attempting to go west on the 74 was being stopped and turned around in Palm Desert, according to Caltrans. It’s 10 percent contained.

For the past week, 20 wildland firefighters from the Florida Forest Service – two from the Tallahassee district – have been in California battling the state’s wildfires.

Even two days after the fire, he says, the image is still clear in his mind.

“We’re definitely encouraged by what we’re seeing right now”, said Dolores Garcia, a Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman.

Ruhl, was a former member of the Coast Guard who became a Forest Service Firefighter in the Black Hills.

Fire crews estimate 11 homes burned.

Whereas the cooler climate helps firefighting efforts, crews are maintaining a tally of thunderstorms which might be within the forecast for later Monday.

No structures have been damaged or destroyed. Part of Highway 270 closed when a pile of timber caught fire.

Napa (KRON) – The Sunday evening wildfire off Jerusalem Road in Lake County has spread to 5,000 acres by Monday morning, according to fire officials.