McKinney Fire

The blaze in the Klamath National Forest started about 2:15 p.m. Friday and there was zero containment as of mid-afternoon Saturday.

The McKinney Fire wasn't the firefighters' only worry. The blaze was about 18,000 acres Saturday morning before it grew even bigger. Deputies were busy Saturday going door-to-door in affected areas, telling residents to evacuate. "If a fire is burning hot enough and strong enough, it can kind of create its own atmosphere. That blaze was 2 to 3 miles west of Seiad. The group was spreading the word that the Forest Service had closed a 110-mile section of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Etna Summit to the Mt. Ashland Campground in southern Oregon. "We're not even working on containment at this point. One of my co-workers said it was 39,000 feet. As of late Saturday morning, the McKinney Fire was about 12 mies west of Yreka. At that time, evacuation warnings were in place for areas west of Yreka with one zone stretching across Interstate 5 north of the city. Things have not settled down in a discernible pattern." Another one said it was 45,000 feet," Firmin said. "It's all over the map.

A wildfire that broke Friday afternoon in Northern California expanded to 18000 acres overnight and roughly doubled in size early Saturday afternoon, ...

As of midday Saturday, the Forest Service closed a 110-mile section of the Pacific Crest Trail from Mt. Ashland Campground to Etna Summit in Northern California because of the fire. The cause of the four fires is under investigation. The Slide fire remains at 1-1/2 acres and is 50% contained. As of shortly before 9 a.m., the fire was estimated at 18,000 acres. It had ballooned to between 30,000 and 40,000 acres as of a 1:18 p.m. update from the Klamath National Forest. One fire about two miles north of the California border along Old Highway 99 South was caught at half an acre, and is 70% mopped up; and three fires northeast of Prospect were caught at smaller than half an acre and are about 30% mopped up.

The California fire grew to an estimated 18000 acres in less than 24 hours and prompted several evacuations.

“This is not the first rodeo. The state of emergency declaration from Newsom’s office will help cut red tape and speed resources to the region, including potentially from other states. Siskiyou County Supervisor Brandon Criss, whose district is east of Yreka, said he has friends in the city packing and getting ready to leave. “The fire has grown exponentially over the last short while,” he said. “We still have thunderstorms in the area and that means lightening and erratic winds. “The dry lightening is of concern.”

A fast-moving wildfire near the California border with Oregon continued to rage out of control Saturday, burning tens of thousands of acres and prompting ...

“We also know that in the shorter term, heat waves can really amplify those longer-term conditions and create very dry fuel conditions,” he said. Climate change is boosting the chances these conditions will align by increasing both mean temperatures and the frequency of severe heat waves, he said. “We have fires every year in the surrounding areas,” he said. While important, temperature is not the only influence on fire activity, he said. A fire weather watch is also in effect through Sunday. When the cloud collapsed Friday night, an outflow of air kicked off an additional thunderstorm, she said. As of Saturday afternoon, the fire was reported to be nine miles west of them, just over a ridge. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the heat surpassed the highest temperature ever recorded by the station: 109 degrees on June 27, 2021. Jon Fitzpatrick a 19-year resident of Yreka, lives on the edge of the evacuation warning zone with his wife and three sons. Lisa Mott, 45, of Montague said she has friends whose parents have lost houses down in the Klamath River area. Western pockets of Yreka, the county seat, were ordered to evacuate Saturday night. Officials haven’t yet gotten an accurate count of the losses because of fire danger.

It's not inconceivable the Mc Kinney fire will burn to Scott Valley, Scott River Rd, Hwy 3, Yreka, or Cottonwood Peak. Burning conditions are extreme, fire ...

Fire has progressed to Collins Badly lookout in the south, and Deadwood Baldy Fire has also been burning through the 2014 Beaver fire scar due to available fuels. Beaver Fire (2014) scar continues to carry fire through the receptive fuel bed. 2014 Frying Pan Fire, 2016 Gap Fire, and 2014 Beaver Fire in blue. Wondering if biggest movement we see today might be terrain-driven on NE flank up Beaver Creek thru 2014 Beaver Fire toward the crest of the Siskiyous/Mt. Ashland? View south over the fire at 11:45am, 7/30/22 – 30,000 acres after less than 21 hours of burning.

A wildfire in California exploded in size overnight amid windy, hot conditions and were quickly encroaching on neighborhoods, forcing evacuation orders for ...

“We’re asking residents all over the area to be ready,” Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Courtney Kreider said. Automated calls were being sent to land phone lines as well because there were areas without cell phone service. McKinney’s explosive growth forced crews to shift from trying to control the perimeter of the blaze to trying to protect homes and critical infrastructure like water tanks and power lines, and assist in evacuations in California’s northernmost county of Siskiyou. Smoke from the fire caused the closure of portions of Highway 96.

Siskiyou County, CA — UPDATED July 30 at 8:16 p.m.. Busses are now being arranged to assist with transportation. If you are in the Evacuation Order area and ...

In just two days, the McKinney Fire in Siskiyou County has blackened between 30000 and...

They are a sign that fire activity on the ground is increasing. "It looks like there was a wind gust from the fire that aided the thunderstorm development. "It looks like the fire definitely came first, before the thunderstorms," Schaaf said. The blaze started at 2:38 p.m. in the Oak Knoll Ranger District west of the Walker Creek Bridge on the south side of the Klamath River, the U.S. Forest Service said. Thunderstorms passed over the region Friday night and may have exacerbated the blaze." The McKinney Fire in Siskiyou County has blackened 51,468 acres and is just 1% contained, according to the U.S. Forest Service's latest update Sunday morning. "This area is being evacuated due to proximity to the fire and the need for additional time necessary for this this group of residents to safely evacuate. The Forest Service expects "structure defense operations continue along the Highway 96 corridor [and] Beaver Creek community." Over the next day, they're projecting "fire growth ... to spread in all directions as Red Flag Warning for thunderstorms and lightning are in the forecast. Residents in the Evacuation Order area should evacuate immediately. Weather conditions are not favorable for fire crews. "An Evacuation Warning has been issued for all areas of Yreka west of I-5. Residents in the Evacuation Warning area should prepare to evacuate and should be ready if the area is changed to an order."

Updates on the McKinney Fire burning in Northern Siskiyou County near Yreka. Evacuations ordered for communities near the fire zone.

"We will re-evaluate those mid-day to see where we are at and where the fire is headed," she said. To support and sustain this work, please subscribe today. Follow her on Twitter @RS_JSkropanic and on Get Out! Nor Cal recreation Facebook group. Jessica Skropanic is a features reporter for the Record Searchlight/USA Today Network. She covers science, arts, social issues and entertainment stories. Highway 96 is closed from Scott River Road in Hamburg to the junction at Highway 263 about 8 miles north of Yreka, according to the California Department of Transportation. The McKinney Fire is burning on both sides of the highway. "At this point in time they are working diligently to put in fire breaks and dozer lines and the prime emphasis is to protect the city of Yreka." - The 20-acre Shackleford Fire started Saturday evening near Back Meadows Road and Big Meadows Creek, about 11 miles west of Fort Jones, according to the Forest Service. The McKinney Fire — which started after 2 p.m. Friday and reached 3,000 acres that night — exploded to as many as 40,000 acres on Saturday, Klamath National Forest spokeswoman Caroline Quintanilla said. "Fire growth is expected to spread in all directions as red flag Warning for thunderstorms and lightning are in the forecast," the Forest Service said in its Sunday morning update. The McKinney Fire is 1% contained, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. All evacuation orders and warnings remain in place for the McKinney Fire, said Amy Travis of the Siskiyou County Office of Emergency Services. The fire grew overnight to 51,468 acres, the U.S. Forest Service said.

Evacuation orders and warnings were issued for parts of the city and surrounding areas as the flames moved closer Saturday night. The intrigue: On Friday and ...

Driving the news: Biden is not experiencing new symptoms and "continues to feel quite well," Dr. Kevin O'Connor said. - The fire hasastonished expertswho have studied the West's massive blazes in recent years for its rate of growth and extreme behavior. These will produce further lightning strikes and wind shifts but deliver little rain, so they could worsen the fire rather than help squelch it. These clouds, which most closely resemble a nuclear explosion rather than a fire, are a telltale sign of extreme fire behavior, as flames outraced firefighters' attempts to contain them. - The McKinney Fire isn't the only new blaze in the West, either, as new fires have sprung upelsewhere in California and in Idaho and Montanaas well. Context: Studies show that climate change is increasing the number of days with extreme fire weather conditions in the West, and is leading to larger wildfires throughout the region as well.

Residents living near the massive McKinney Fire burning in Northern California have been forced from their homes as intense flames continue to scorch tens ...

"It's the combination of the triple-digit temperatures, the erratic winds from the thunderstorms in the area and the fact that we're in a severe drought that is driving it," a McKinney Fire incident spokesperson said. Crews have been relentlessly battling the wildfire from both the ground and air but haven't had luck in slowing the fire's spread so far. Crews have been relentlessly battling the McKinney Fire from both the ground and air but so far haven’t had luck in slowing the fire’s spread

The McKinney Fire that erupted west of Yreka Friday had burned more than 51000 acres as of early Sunday, with 0 percent containment.

The 2,650-mile popular hiking trail runs from Mexico to Canada and meanders through the evacuated area. Officials said they spent the nighttime hours keeping homes and buildings in the Klamath River area from burning. “The area remains in a Red Flag Warning today for a threat of dry lightning and strong outflow winds associated with thunder cells,” officials wrote in their 8 a.m. briefing. Lightning strikes sparked other small fires, including one west of Fort Jones, according to Klamath National Forest officials. Earlier Saturday afternoon, Yreka police evacuated a mobile home park called Oakridge Mobile Estates “due to its proximity to the fire and the need for additional time for this group of residents to safely evacuate,” the police department said in a Facebook post. The McKinney Fire along California’s border with Oregon exploded in size Saturday to 51,468 acres — 80 square miles — and forced the evacuations of more than 2,000 people in the Siskiyou County community of Yreka.

YREKA, Calif. — Major wildfires in California and Montana grew substantially as firefighters protected remote communities on Sunday as hot, windy weather ...

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The fire sent a huge cloud called a pyrocumulonimbus 39000 feet into the air. Storm winds, high temperatures and drought conditions helped it grow over the ...

The Kelsey Creek fire was caused by a lightning strike overnight, she added. Analyses have shown that human-caused climate change has increased the likelihood of such extreme heat waves. But it had already destroyed more than 100 homes and other structures in the surrounding area, Ms. Kreider said. That fire was about 64 percent contained on Sunday. Gov. Gavin Newsom of California declared a state of emergency for Siskiyou County on Saturday, saying that nearly 2,000 people were under immediate evacuation orders. An additional 1,000 people have since been placed under evacuation orders, said Courtney Kreider, a spokeswoman with the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office.

Fire crews are protecting structures from the McKinney Fire in a large rural area of Northern California's Siskiyou County, west of Interstate 5.

A red flag warning will remain in place in the Yreka area through Sunday night. The region remains in a red flag warning on Sunday with the threat of dry lightning and strong wind. New lightning fires were still being detected on Sunday with crews responding to two other fires in the area.

UPDATED July 30 at 8:03 p. m. According to Cal Fire,the McKinney Fire is 30000 acres and 1% contained. Unified Command: CAL FIRE Siskiyou Unit and U. S..