Evacuations Ordered as Mosquito Fire Burns in Northern California

Storyful
2 年前

The Mosquito fire burning in Placer County, California, reached 1,203 acres and was zero percent contained on Wednesday, September 7, according to Cal Fire.

Cal Fire said the fire exhibited “extreme fire behavior” on Tuesday, September 6, and that weather conditions on September 7, including near record-high temperatures, will allow the fire to “actively burn.”

The Placer County sheriff’s office issued multiple evacuation orders in the area.

Aerial footage posted to Twitter by FIRIS shows the fire site near the Oxbow Reservoir in Placer County, California. Credit: FIRIS via Storyful