Fast-growing Northern California wildfire forces evacuations

[Wireless News]

http://l1.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/mwC9rEmI.itqPwdjgkm5FA--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2018-09-06T022229Z_2_LYNXNPEE8502G_RTROPTP_2_CALIFORNIA-WILDFIRES.JPG (https://www.yahoo.com/news/fast-growing-northern-california-wildfire-forces-evacuations-022229887.html)The Delta Fire was burning in timber and brush in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in a canyon along the Sacramento River. Wildfires in California have scorched far more ground this year than in 2017, one of the most destructive in the state's history. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has responded to 4,587 fires that have destroyed 613,710 acres (248,359 hectares), compared with 4,425 fires that destroyed 233,936 acres (94,671 hectares) through the same period in 2017, according to figures from the agency The latest fire spread to 2,000 acres (809 hectares) by Wednesday evening, forcing the Shasta County Sheriff's Office to evacuate residents along a stretch of Interstate 5 north of the town of Lakehead to the Siskiyou County line, according to the government wildfire tracking website Inciweb.



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