Firefighters didn’t contain California's largest wildfire early Thursday because it continued to ravage acres in two Northern California counties and a national forest.
The containment rate remained at 34%, which emergency responders reached on Monday, Cal Fire said.
According to Cal Fire, there have been no reported injuries in the hearth, but it surely destroyed a complete of 640 structures and damaged 49 others in Butte and Tehama counties.
The fire is anticipated to be lively again Thursday, spreading quickly up the hillsides and spot fires are expected, in response to the agency. Crews are expected to battle the hearth in temperatures as high as 102 degrees, in response to the National Weather Service. Humidity is anticipated to be around 25%.
Aircraft continued to drop flame retardant on the hearth, and crews are working to maintain it inside containment lines, in response to Cal Fire. In total, 109,253 acres have burned in Lassen National Forest, the agency said.
Evacuation orders remained in effect for parts of Tehama County, while warnings were issued in Tehama, Butte, Plumas and Shasta counties. Cal Fire said that in some areas within the southernmost a part of the hearth, residents have already been capable of return home.
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