Sad news from CBS San Francisco:
"Sherry Bledsoe said her son and daughter and her grandmother died in the fire that tore through Redding. The fatalities bring the death toll to five since the massive Carr Fire started six days ago. The latest victims are Melody Bledsoe, 70, and her great-grandchildren, 5-year-old James Roberts and 4-year-old Emily Roberts."
The fire has now burned 80,900 acres and is only 5% contained. That 5% may as well be zero.
Update: The fire near Redding has now burned 89,000 acres and forced 38,000 people to evacuate. The fire near Yosemite has burned 53,646 acres -- the equivalent of 70,800 football fields, according to NBC -- and full containment is not expected until August 15. The Idyllwild fire has burned 13,130 acres and is 29% contained.
There are 12 wildfires burning in California today. The three biggest ones are getting most of the media attention. Among the others are a 13,000-acre fire that has destroyed four homes in Mendocino County; an 11,000-acre fire, also in Mendocino County; a 4,600-acre fire on the California-Oregon border; and a 150-acre fire which has destroyed seven homes in Napa County.
Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for the counties -- Shasta, Riverside and Mariposa -- where the largest fires are raging. The declaration means those counties can receive state assistance and resources. What California really needs is seven straight days of heavy rainfall -- and that ain't gonna happen.
More bad news -- and several people are still missing so the death toll will likely rise. Statewide, this summer's fires have already burned more than 200,000 acres (313 square miles).
A second firefighter is killed in Ferguson fire near Yosemite, raising death toll in wildfires across the state to 8
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...729-story.html
The Redding fire has now burned 99,000 acres and the fire near Yosemite has burned 56,000 acres. These two fires are scary enough but it's even scarier to think about the possibility they could eventually merge.
Thousands ordered to evacuate as two California wildfires rage 30 miles apart
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/califor...ver-fire-rage/
The fire near Redding is now the ninth largest in our state's history. Among the eight people killed by the fire are a 70-year-old woman and her two great-grandchildren whom she had wrapped in wet blankets in a futile effort to protect them as flames reached the house. The boy, 5, had called both 911 and his grandfather, pleading, "Come get us! The flames are at the door!" Heartbreaking.
Carr fire in northern California has scorched more than 103,000 acres
http://abc11.com/carr-fire-has-now-s...ornia/3849649/
It took only a few hours today for the ninth-largest fire in California history to become the seventh-largest fire. More than 110,000 acres have burned, six people have died, at least 20 are missing and 17,000 remain under evacuation.
Carr fire in Shasta County is seventh-most destructive in California history
http://abc7.com/carr-fire-is-seventh...tory-/3856451/
Shasta County investigators have located 16 of the 20 people who were reported missing in the Carr fire. Four are still unaccounted for. Three lived in Redding and their homes are still standing so the three are almost certainly safe somewhere.
CalFire just updated the numbers: 112,888 acres have burned and the fire is 30% contained.
Last October there were 21 wildfires raging in California. Today, with new fires burning near Covelo, Yuba City, Simi Valley and Santa Clarita, the state has matched that record. The fire near Redding has now burned more than 115,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,000 homes.
'It just goes on and on': New wildfires erupt in scorched Northern California
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/it-just...rn-california/
The fire near Redding has now burned 115,600 acres. CNN said the fire is spreading so rapidly, it burns the equivalent of a football field every three seconds. The fire near Yosemite has burned 58,900 acres. The fire near Idyllwild is at 13,140 acres and is expected to be fully contained on August 9.
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