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Fire crews in northern California respond to a large fire that began Saturday in Yolo County and a breach of containment at Pawnee Fire in Lake County. had quickly reached 4,000 acres without confinement as of 6:50 pm Other separate reports on Twitter at that time indicated that the fire had jumped on a road.
The fire, also known as Guinda Fire for several hours by Cal Fire, broke out around 2:12 pm. in the wild areas south of Guinda, a designated place for the census with a population of 254.
Mandatory evacuations are in effect between County Road 63 and County Road 76, to the west of Route 16 and Murphy Ranch. The Evacuation Center is at Rumsey Grange Hall
Several crews, including Cal Fire, the Woodland Fire Department, Davis Fire Department, are fighting for containment
At about 30 miles in Lake County, the massive Pawnee fire erupted on Saturday afternoon after a break in the containment lines. Cal Fire announced new mandatory evacuations for the Double Eagle ranch at 5 pm
The Lake County Sheriff's Office has confirmed the mandatory evacuation order issued for Double Eagle. The evacuation center is at Lower Lake High School. An evacuation notice is also in place for residents south of Highway 20 between Morgan Valley Road and State Highway 16.
Live images of the County Fire can be viewed on a webcam from Cache Creek Casino located nearby. expansion of the casino.
Screenshot of a live webcam set up to monitor expansions at Cache Creek Casino, showing Guinda's fire in the background. Saturday, June 30, 2018.
Cache Creek Casino Website
Jean and Joyce Griffith were sitting outside their home in plastic lawn chairs as the county fire burned beyond from their home. They noticed that the fire was burning around 14 hours. Joyce Griffith said the two felt safe because of the short grass used for livestock grazing on the surrounding hills
"We thought we were safe here," she said, adding that They never had a fire that shut down in the 73 years she lived there.
At 17 hours, the temperature in Guinda was 104 degrees, with the heat the heat is even more extreme
The Pawnee Fire photos seen on Twitter show new plumes of smoke , with some claiming that the strong winds have allowed it to skip containment lines.
Fire scanners reported at least 50 acres from 4:30 pm, with teams working to protect the Double Eagle area. The fire had burned about 13,700 acres before the surge of Saturday
Deyo tweeted that up to eight planes were requested for the Pawnee fire.
Retired firefighter Cal Fire Dave Toussaint tweeted that a tanker is en route to help fight the county fire. A few minutes later, the late photographer Bernie Deyo and the fire supervisors on Twitter reported that two tank fire planes were redirected to the Pawnee fire
County, at 5:20 pm There was no threat to residents in this area.
At least two other separate fires began in the Sacramento area on Saturday afternoon.
Cal Fire Nevada-Yuba-Placer tweeted about 6: 00 pm as air resources reacted to a 5-acre fire on Oak Beach in Folsom State Park. The beach is in Granite Bay near Folsom. According to Cal Fire, other water resources were requested shortly thereafter.
Teams from Cal Fire and Placer County also launched a two-acre grass fire at Penryn. According to Cal Fire, the bridge of a house, a barn and an outbuilding were damaged.
The fire of County Fire and Pawnee Fire could be seen by satellite, tweeted the National Weather Service Sacramento. County Fire could be seen from some parts of Sacramento.
This is a story of breaking news. Check back for updates.
