To the north, a new fire erupted in the Sierra Nevada foothills and quickly burned at least 1,000 acres of land near New Melones Lake in Calaveras County, prompting evacuations.
By nightfall, the fire appeared to be mostly contained. Michael Cabanatuan is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.Crews mounted an air attack to keep the South Fire from the tiny communities of Lytle Creek and Scotland near the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino County. “We put the flags up for my dad,” Horn said. She worried about neighbors who live in the mountains year-round as she packed up family photos and a rock that her niece had painted to mark her grandfather’s birthday. Just before the Caldor Fire exploded, Horn went back to her family home. No one has been killed by the blazes, but many lives have been upended. So far this fire season, 6,773 wildfires in the state have burned nearly 1.7 million acres and destroyed 2,037 structures, according to Cal Fire. Nearly 5,000 firefighters were battling the blaze, which is expected to be contained by Sept. The fire was 25% contained by Thursday evening, and evacuation warnings remained in place for Vallecito, Murphys and Douglas Flats.įarther north, the Dixie Fire, the second largest in California history, grew to 749,713 acres in five counties, mostly in national forests, and was 45% contained.
In adjacent Calaveras County, near New Melones Reservoir, the Airola Fire started Wednesday afternoon and grew to about 700 acres, racing through extremely dry vegetation in a rugged area not easily accessible by road. Latest updates on wildfires burning across Northern and Southern California The fire, about 81 acres, was 5% contained by Thursday evening. In historic Sonora, the Washington Fire started Thursday afternoon, causing evacuations, including of downtown hotels. Lofted smoke is expected to cause hazy skies. Air quality index readings are expected to be in the moderate range.Īir Quality Advisory: smoke from wildfires in Northern California is predicted to impact the Bay Area Friday, 8/27, and Saturday, 8/28. While more than 2,800 firefighters tried to tame the Caldor Fire, others were battling blazes in foothills communities to the north and south and elsewhere in Northern California.Īir quality officials warned that smoke from the fires is likely to bring hazier skies to the Bay Area on Friday and Saturday but is not expected to exceed federal standards or prompt a Spare the Air alert. “It feels like all we can do is watch the fire get closer and closer and closer.” “It brings up really bad memories,” Horn said. This time around, she’s feeling the fatigue after long days of scouring Cal Fire updates, online maps and Facebook video streams for any glimpse of the house her family already rebuilt once.
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Horn lives most of the time in Sacramento but remembers watching the original family cabin burn on a TV news broadcast hours after the 1992 Cleveland Fire ignited. The uncertainty has already been agonizing for people such as Carol Horn, whose family has owned a home near White Hall, just north of Highway 50 on the edge of Eldorado National Forest, for the past 50 years. “Significantly broader areas up to and including South Lake Tahoe could be required to evacuate.” “With Red Flag conditions possible over the coming days, the Caldor Fire could spread rapidly into more populated communities,” the agency wrote in a news release. 1 priority in the nation.” Hundreds of additional firefighters and aircraft have arrived to fight the fire, but Cal Fire officials warned late Thursday that limited visibility and winds expected to arrive in the coming days could hamper those efforts. Cal Fire Director Thom Porter said this week that the Caldor Fire is the “No.
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