400 Structures Threatened By Butte County Fire
More than 400 structures are threatened and hundreds of people and animals have been evacuated as a fire burning for three days in Butte County continues to grow.
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More than 400 structures are threatened and hundreds of people and animals have been evacuated as a fire burning for three days in Butte County continues to grow.
Fire officials are ordering mandatory evacuations for areas of Butte County where a 1,500-acre wildfire was only 20 percent contained Saturday afternoon.
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