Nationally, there are 104 large fires burning, mostly in the West, where drought conditions and red flag warnings continue to fuel the raging wildfires, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The fire burned at least one elementary school in the Pioneer Union School District, one community church, and one post office, Cal Fire officials said.Ī vehicle destroyed by the Caldor Fire in Grizzly Flats, California, on August 17. Many structures have been destroyed and many others are threatened, officials said.

Gavin Newsom on Tuesday declared a state of emergency for El Dorado County due to the fire, which has devastated the community of Grizzly Flats, located about 65 miles east of Sacramento. #CAwx /9LD0YI6mck- NOAA Satellites - Public Affairs August 18, 2021 The #wildfire has grown to nearly 23,000 acres and thousands of people have been forced to evacuate. #SATELLITE SPOTLIGHT: #GOES17🛰️ was tracking the explosive growth of the #CaldorFire last evening, seen here burning east of Sacramento, California. These winds, combined with low humidity and extremely dry fuels, lead to critical fire weather conditions.”

“A red flag warning is still in effect for the fire area through 8:00 PM tonight with winds switching to the northeast. “The Caldor Fire continued to experience unprecedented fire behavior and growth due to extremely dry fuels pushed by the south west winds,” Cal Fire said in an update. The blaze burning in El Dorado County, has charred more than 53,000 acres and is 0% contained, Cal Fire said. The McFarland Fire is within 20 miles of the burn zones of two major wildfires near Redding - Carr (2018) and Zogg (2020), which together killed 12 people, destroyed more than 1,800 buildings and burned almost 300,000 acres - as well as the northern border of last summer’s million-acre August Lightning Complex.Thousands of residents remain evacuated after a destructive Northern California wildfire nearly doubled in size overnight, fed by wind and dry conditions, officials said Wednesday. For updates, check the sheriff’s Facebook pages for Trinity County and Siskiyou County, or see the official Siskiyou map below.Ībout 20 fires are known to have ignited during Thursday’s lightning storm in Shasta-Trinity and Klamath national forests.

The evacuation order and warning areas are marked in yellow on the map above. This abuts the 10,000-acre area burned by the Tennant Fire, which started on June 28.

Also Monday, the Siskiyou County sheriff ordered evacuations for the communities of Tennant and Bray, near the Antelope Fire.

Warnings were issued for the communities of Forks of Salmon, Sawyers Bar and Summerville.

On Monday, the Siskiyou County sheriff’s office ordered the evacuation of the Taylor Creek Road area, near Cecilville, because of the 600-acre Haypress Fire.

On Monday, Highway 299 was down to one lane through the Del Loma area, with cars being escorted through, the California Department of Transportation said. On Monday afternoon, that burned area was estimated at 4,256 acres.

Evacuation orders were issued for the Highway 299 communities of Del Loma and Big Bar, which are near another of the lightning-sparked fires, Monument (initially called Panther).

North cal fire map