At least 200 firefighters are battling the blaze on the ground and from the air.
Posted: Sep 02, 2022 8:21 PM ET | Last Updated: 15 minutes agoA Northern California blaze destroyed multiple homes Friday and forced as many as 7,500 residents to leave immediately, jamming roadways at the start of a sweltering Labour Day weekend.
She said more resources have been requested to aid at least 200 firefighters battling the blaze on the ground and from the air.OES Intel 12, Sept 2nd on the #MillFire, SKU. Fire is mapped at 555 acres at 13:55 hours. pic.twitter.com/fWhPmHowbDThe Mill Fire started on the property of Roseburg Forest Products, a lumber mill north of Weed, Calif.
Evacuees described heavy smoke and chunks of ash raining down from massive flames near Weed, about 80 kilometres south of the Oregon border. The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for Siskiyou County from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday when area winds were expected to reach up to 50 km/h.In Southern California, firefighters were making progress Friday against two big wildfires despite dangerously hot weather.
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