Growing Southern California Wildfire Threatening 4,100 Structures

Evacuation orders and warnings are in place for roughly 4,200 people due to a growing wildfire in southern California that is threatening 4,100 structures.

The Shelly Fire in Siskiyou County is now 15,232 acres and is 3% contained. It is now the state’s second largest ongoing blaze, behind the Lake Fire. That fire in Santa Barbara County is 38,430 acres and is 34% contained.

The Shelly Fire started on July 3 in the Marble Mountain Wilderness near Shelly Lake and the Pacific Crest Trail.

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“Due to hot dry weather and difficult access, the fire has grown and now threatens communities, private timberlands, cultural resources and wilderness areas,” a CalFire update states.

More than 3,000 personnel, 58 dozers, 56 water tenders and 20 helicopters are fighting the fire.

Other large fires in California include the Basin Fire in Fresno County (14,023 acres and 95% contained), the Hurricane Fire in San Luis Obispo County (12,703 acres and 75% contained), and the Rancho Fire in Kern County (9,950 acres and 50% contained).