Officials: Downed PG&E Power Line Ignited Marin County Blaze
Fire officials say a downed Pacific Gas and Electric Co. power line ignited a blazed in Marin County that prompted mandatory evacuations.
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Fire officials say a downed Pacific Gas and Electric Co. power line ignited a blazed in Marin County that prompted mandatory evacuations.
The wildfire budget is nearly drained for the fiscal year with months still left in the season.
The Tulloch Fire, which began Saturday afternoon off of Highway 108 and Tulloch Road, is now fully contained. It burned a total of 573 acres.
The Delta Fire has now burned over 40,000 acres and is just 5 percent contained.
Firefighters in Napa County are battling a 200-acre fire which started just after 2 p.m. Saturday, according to Cal Fire.
Firefighters are battling a new fire at Highway 108 and Tulloch Road in Tuolumne County, according to Cal Fire.
The blaze in California's Shasta-Trinity National Forest was burning out of control after chewing through 36,970 acres of timber and brush since Wednesday.
The blaze that shut down 45 miles of Interstate 5 in California on Wednesday was still burning out of control in the rural area.
Wildfires burning across California are costing billions in damage and the extreme losses are prompting insurance companies to drop customers.
California's insurance commissioner said that victims of that fire and one in the Mendocino area have filed more than 10,000 claims so far totaling $845 million.
The California agency that fights wildfires says it's about to exceed its budget and needs $234 million more.
An explosive wildfire closed down dozens of miles of a major California freeway only weeks after a nearby blaze that left neighborhoods in ruins and killed eight people.
The Delta Fire is now burning more than 5,000 acres in Shasta County. The flames are forcing evacuations and leaving big rigs burnt to a crisp along Interstate 5.
Northbound Interstate 5 is closed at Fawndale Road, north of Redding. Southbound I-5 is also closed at Mott Road, north of Dunsmuir.