BREAKING NEWS: New CA Fire Could Force 5,000 to Evacuate
A California spokeswoman said that a new blaze in the northern part of the state threatened 2,000 structures and may force 5,000 residents to evacuate.
The Camp Fire started Monday night near the city of Concow, according to Mary Ann Aldrich of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire.
The cause of the fire, about 90 miles north of Sacramento, was not known, she added. Authorities were notifying residents through phone calls and door-to-door visits, she said.
By late Monday, the Camp Fire had burned 9,600 acres and was 5 percent contained, Aldrich said.
"A lot of these residents were just taken off a precautionary evacuation several days ago, so for about 10 days they've been under an evacuation or a precautionary," Julie Hutchinson, another Cal Fire spokeswoman, said from Chico, California.
The Camp Fire is among 1,780 blazes that have scorched more than 614,000 acres in California in the last two weeks. Most of the fires have been caused by lightning strikes.
There were still 330 active fires today that were being battled by about 20,000 federal, state and local firefighters using more than 1,400 engines and 97 helicopters, authorities said.
Published on July 8, 2008
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