Fast-Moving Wall Fire Grows To 1,000 Acres Near Bangor In Butte County
8:10 p.m. UPDATE: The Wall Fire is now up to 1,000 acres.
Forbestown Road from Hurleton Road to Old Forbestown Road is under an evacuation warning.
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6:30 p.m. UPDATE: Multiple homes have burned in the fire.
Butte County has issued a map showing the evacuation area.
Map of Immediate Evacuation Order areas (red) and Evacuation Warning areas (yellow) areas for #wallfire. @ButteSheriff @CALFIRE_ButteCo pic.twitter.com/50fHPDKJJp
— Butte County, CA (@CountyofButte) July 8, 2017
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6:00 p.m. UPDATE: About three hours after the fire started, fire officials say the Wall Fire has stretched to 500 acres, sending a towering plume of smoke into the sky.
Cal Fire now adding Black Bart Rd, Robinson Mill Rd and all connecting roads to evacuationshttps://t.co/rfTgkVr0BL pic.twitter.com/8KoheCEwi4
— Kyle Buis (@kylebuis) July 8, 2017
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5:40 p.m. UPDATE: The evacuation order has been extended to south of Swedes Flat Road, covering an area between Oro Bangor Highway and Laporte Road.
NEW #WALLFIRE EVACUATIONS:
— Kyle Buis (@kylebuis) July 8, 2017
Evacuations extended to south of Swedes Flat Road from Oro Bangor to Laporte Rdhttps://t.co/rfTgkVr0BL pic.twitter.com/lJa1ASns9g
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BANGOR (CBS13) — The Wall Fire has grown to 200 acres in just a few hours near Bangor on Friday.
The fire started just before 3 p.m. on Friday about five miles north of Bangor on Chinese Wall Road.
The fire was estimated at around 50 acres about a half hour after it started. An hour later, the fire has grown to 200 acres.
Mandatory are in effect for Hurleton Swedes Flat Road from Grand Oak to Swedes Flat and all connecting roads
Redding Fire deploying resources/personnel along with other Shasta Co agencies to the #WallFire in Butte County. Immediate Need request.
— Gerry Gray (@ggfire343) July 7, 2017