California wildfires prompt evacuations
Posted: August 4, 2009 at 6:42 a.m.
SAN FRANCISCO — Dozens of residents remained evacuated Monday after a weekend lightning storm sparked multiple wildfires around Northern California.
More than 600 firefighters were trying to protect 100 structures from the blazes in northeastern Shasta County. No injuries had been reported.
Crews also were fighting blazes in Lassen, Monterey and Tuolumne counties.
The largest fire was a 4,600-acre blaze burning in Stanislaus National Forest in Tuolumne County, where firefighters have struggled in steep, rugged terrain, said California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Nancy Longmore.
Three people among the more than 1,300 battling the blaze have been injured since the fire began July 26. None of the injuries was serious.
Crews helped by low temperatures, relatively calm winds and high humidity had the fire 40 percent contained, she said.
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