Sunday, September 08, 2019

 It's Sunday Night

September 8, 2019
by J. D. Morris

Firefighters (click here) continued to battle blazes across Northern California forests Sunday, with the largest mostly uncontrolled and growing.

The Walker Fire had expanded to 38,049 acres and was 5% contained Sunday morning, according to the U.S. Forest Service. It is burning in the Plumas National Forest, about 11 miles east of Taylorsville (Plumas County), and is California’s largest wildfire of the year so far.

The cause is under investigation.


38,000 Acres    The Red Bank Fire in Tehama County has charred 8,838 acres west of Red Bluff.