Three massive large fires are burning in Northern and Central CA.
The Carr Fire near Redding is a 150-square miles. Thousands have been evacuated there and in Mendocino and Lake Counties, as two fires have merged along highway 101. Firefighting resources are stretched thin.
A woman shared this photo on Facebook. A group of fire fighters who had been working by her house last night curled up and slept on the ground once it was safe... resting up for another round with the
— Shelbie Malin (@shelbiemalin)
A woman shared this photo on Facebook. A group of fire fighters who had been working by her house last night curled up and slept on the ground once it was safe... resting up for another round with the #CarrFire #trueheroes pic.twitter.com/mxEMksIakR
— Shelbie Malin (@shelbiemalin) July 28, 2018
Southwest of there, the town of Lakeport, east of highway 101, has been evacuated. Two fires in Mendocino County have merged to create a bigger threat there.
Meanwhile, near Yosemite, the Ferguson Fire burns on, now having scorched more than 50,000 acres and as of Monday morning was only 30 percent contained.
And then there’s the Mendocino Complex Fire that formed from the combination of the River Fire and Ranch Fire. It's just five percent contained as of Monday morning and has burned more than 35,000 acres northeast of Ukiah in Mendocino County.
We’ll get the latest updates from the ground on each of these fires.
Guests:
Gabe Lauderdale, Cal Fire public information officer with the Carr Fire
Marisa Kendall, reporter with the Bay Area News Group; she has been reporting in Redding since yesterday morning; she tweets
Jacob Welsh, public information officer for the Ferguson Fire with U.S. Forest Service
Trisha Austin, Cal Fire PIO for the Mendocino Complex
Kelly Huston, a deputy director with California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; he helps coordinate California’s mutual aid from other states
Carroll Wills, communications director at California Professional Firefighters, the state union representing professional firefighters and departments throughout California
Mark Schwartz, environmental science professor at UC Davis where he studies fire ecology, climate change and response