Two people have died in the Mill Fire in Northern California, the Siskiyou County sheriff said Sunday. Firefighters are also battling another fast-moving wildfire, the Mountain Fire, which had nearly doubled in size to 8,896 acres.
Two people have died in the Mill Fire in Northern California, the Siskiyou County sheriff said Sunday.
The Mill Fire was first detected Friday afternoon in Weed, Calif., about 40 miles south of the Oregon border, before it quickly swelled to more than 4,200 acres in size by Saturday evening.that firefighters on Sunday “held and improved containment lines,” and that “the fire is not anticipated to spread.”The blaze was 40 percent contained as of Sunday evening and was the same size as the previous evening. A stretch of Highway 97 that was closed because of the fire was reopened Sunday morning.
“It’s one thing to come up here and tell you things, but to look at your faces, it almost brings me to tears,” LaRue said at the community briefing before telling residents of the deaths. “Again, I have the job of sharing some sad news.”
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