Latest News: Buildings threatened by forest fires reach 5,000

At least two dozen houses in Redding Lakes Estates were brooding, although others were spared.

Aerial images showed dozens of ruined houses in Keswick Lake Estates in the north

11:17

A 32-year-old man was charged with intentionally firing nine fires in Southern California, including a which drove thousands of people from mountain communities

. The Riverside County District Attorney 's Office says Brandon McGlover of Temecula will be arrested Friday on 15 criminal perpetrators.

The nine fires took place Wednesday in the Idyllwild, Anza and Sage regions. from Los Angeles. One of them became the Cranston Fire which reached 46 km² in the Idyllwild area of ​​the San Jacinto Mountains.

Five houses were destroyed, more than 4,900 structures were threatened and approximately 6,000 people were evacuated

McGlover is held in lieu of a $ 1 million bail. He is expected to appear Friday afternoon at the Southwestern Justice Center in Murrieta

11:00

An official claims that more than 5,000 people have been evacuated and that the authorities are waiting to a destructive fire in Northern California. California Emergency Services Office spokeswoman Kelly Huston says they coordinate the routing of California National Guard planes to help fight the flames.

Authorities say wildfires are extremely erratic The city of Redding is growing rapidly in a climate of heat, low humidity and wind. Temperatures are expected to reach 110 (43 Celsius) on Friday.

According to Huston, authorities are delivering emergency supplies, including beds and food, to four shelters in Shasta County.

He says shelters are getting ready. "long-term" event.

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10:20 am

A hospital official reports that eight people who sustained fire-related injuries were treated at the Mercy Medical Center in Redding, California.

Mike Mangas says three of the wounded are firefighters wounded in a burning fire in Shasta County.

He says that no injuries are serious.

Mangas says that people arrive at the hospital with respiratory problems.

Manga Six babies in her neonatal intensive care unit, who are caring for premature newborns, were evacuated as a precaution

. He says the hospital is preparing high-risk patients to be evacuated, but the hospital remains open and fully functional. ]

9:25

People in northern California communities hit by a mbadive forest fire say they had minutes to evacuate after officials knocked on their door in the middle of the night while the fire was spreading rapidly.

tells the newspaper Record Searchlight that she and her husband seized a pillow, shirts and pants, medications, important documents and their two dogs and that they left in their sport utility vehicle and their motorhome.

Stapleton says they're gone after a policeman Stapleton says she's celebrated while sitting on a folding chair on the lawn near a shopping mall in Redding, California, doing calls to find out if their rented house has survived.

She says some of her neighbors stayed in place, hoping to escape the blizzard

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8:30

Firefighters say that 65 structures were destroyed by a deadly forest fire. rural towns of northern California. This comes from a previous report of 15 destroyed.

The California Department of Forests and Fire Protection says another 500 buildings are threatened by the fire that killed two firefighters.

The city of Redding is growing rapidly in hot temperatures, low humidity, and windy conditions.

The fire that started Monday rose on Thursday night to 70 square miles (180 square kilometers).

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The California Department ofForest and Fire Protection said Friday that a firefighter from the Redding City Fire Department had been killed . the fire in Shasta County.

The department says that it is investigating death.

Thursday's fire killed a bulldozer operator while it was trying to contain the fire

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7:40

A forest fire in the mountains of San Southern Jacinto. California has grown to 18 square miles (46 square kilometers).

Authorities say only 3 percent of the perimeter of fire is contained Friday morning. Conditions are calm but gusting winds are expected in the afternoon

The fire was intentionally erected on Wednesday and spread rapidly into the woods and scrub near the town of Idyllwild and other communities about 160 kilometers east of Los Angeles. ] More than 4,900 structures are threatened and about 6,000 people evacuated

In Sierra Nevada, Ferguson's fire continues to grow just outside Yosemite National Park

. square kilometers), but confinement increased to 29%.

The Yosemite Valley and areas of Wawona National Park and Mariposa Grove remain closed.

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7:10

Hundreds of people have fled their homes because of a huge forest fire in northern California rush into shelters while the fire clears up the sky with a red glow.

Videos posted on social media show long lines of cars moving slowly on a highway near the town of Redding, as wildfires rage on the hills behind.

Dozens of evacuees go to Shasta College, where the authorities have set up a shelter. Another shelter was installed in a primary school

Mandatory evacuations were ordered during the night for the town of Shasta Lake, which has about 10,000 inhabitants.

People in the western part of Redding, which has about 92,000 inhabitants,

The fire has risen overnight to 70 square miles (180 square kilometers).

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6:40 AM

More evacuations were commissioned as a devastating forest fires a zone in and The fire that erupted on Monday exploded on Thursday night and ran into small communities in west of Redding before entering the city limits.

Firefighters say dozens of homes have burned, although the conditions make it impossible to determine an accurate count and the number could climb much higher.

A bulldozer operator on the shooting lines was killed and three firefighters suffered burns. Some civilians were also injured.

Mandatory evacuations were extended overnight to include the town of Shasta Lake, which has a population of approximately 10,000.

Parts of Redding, which has about 92,000 inhabitants and is the largest city in the region. A fire explosion devastated two small communities in northern California, killing a bulldozer operator on fire lines, burning three firefighters, destroying dozens of homes and forcing thousands of terrified people.

The flames swept through the communities of Shasta and Keswick before jumping the Sacramento River on Thursday and reaching Redding. It is a city of about 92,000 inhabitants and the largest in the region.

Residents in the western part of Redding who had not been under evacuation orders were caught unprepared and had to run away with little notice, causing miles-long traffic jams that the flames turned the orange sky.

The hunters turned away from the flames to bring out the living people.