California's Mosquito Fire broke out in the Tahoe National Forest near the Oxbow Reservoir, 3 miles east of the town of Foresthill, in Placer County amid a scorching heat wave on Sept. 6.
broke out in the Tahoe National Forest near the Oxbow Reservoir, 3 miles east of Foresthill, in Placer County amid a scorching heat wave on Sept. 6. The fire's first push on Tuesday and Wednesday forced hundreds to evacuate from the Foresthill and Michigan Bluff areas. Reports indicated that structures burned in Michigan Bluff.
The blaze jumped the American River on Thursday, spreading to neighboring El Dorado County and forcing hundreds of people to evacuate their homes in the small communities of Volcanoville, Bottle Hill and Georgetown. Georgetown has a population of about 3,000 people. Volcanoville is a town of about 200 residents that's 6 miles north-northeast of Georgetown.The fire is burning through extremely dry vegetation spread across steep, difficult-to-access terrain.
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