Mandatory Evacuations Issued For Delta Fire After Flare Up
The mandatory evacuation is for residents on East Ford Road, north to Ramshorn Road and east to the Trinity-Shasta county line.
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The mandatory evacuation is for residents on East Ford Road, north to Ramshorn Road and east to the Trinity-Shasta county line.
Flare-ups from the Delta Fire, which has burned 58,427 acres in Shasta and Trinity counties, have shut down portions of I-5.
Officials say a major interstate near the California-Oregon border has reopened six days a wildfire roaring along the roadway forced its closure.
The Delta Fire has now burned over 40,000 acres and is just 5 percent contained.
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.
Accidents on the 60-mile detour around the interstate have brought traffic to a halt.
The blaze that shut down 45 miles of Interstate 5 in California on Wednesday was still burning out of control in the rural area.
While passengers said Greyhound was blaming the delay on the Delta Fire, they are left confused because the fire started a day after they got to Sacramento.
Mandatory evacuations were put in for residents of East Ford Road to Ramshorn Road, east to the Shasta-Trinity County line.
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.
