Weekend lightning strikes have ignited new wildfires near a complex of blazes burning since last week through the Klamath National Forest near California’s border with Oregon.
In this photo provided by Caltrans, smoke from the Head Fire blankets the closed State Route 96 in Klamath National Forest, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. Rural areas near California’s border with Oregon were under evacuation orders Wednesday after gusty winds from a thunderstorm sent a lightning-sparked wildfire racing through national forest lands, authorities said.
Rural areas near California’s border with Oregon were under evacuation orders Wednesday after gusty winds from a thunderstorm sent a lightning-sparked wildfire racing through national forest lands, authorities said. The blaze in Siskiyou County was one of at least 20 fires that erupted as thunderstorms brought lightning and downdrafts that drove the flames through timber and rural lands.
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