Twin wildfires tearing through vineyards and brushy hills threatened some 10,000 homes Tuesday in Northern California – yet another front in the battle against the flames that have ravaged some of the state’s most scenic areas. The two fires straddling Mendocino and Lake counties had burned seven homes along 300 square kilometers of rural land. Fire crews were able to slow the spread of one of the blazes into populated areas, and instead the fire pushed into the Mendocino National Forest.
About 160 kilometers north, the so-called Carr Fire that has burned more than 880 homes and killed six people has become the ninth most destructive wildfire in California history, said Scott McLean, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
In Lake County, evacuation orders were in effect for the 4,700-resident town of Lakeport, along with some smaller communities as well as a section of the national forest. In all, around 15,000 people have been warned to flee, fire officials said.
AP
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