"It grew a little over 800 acres last night," he said. Forest Service's Geographic Coordination Center in Redding, Calif., described the fire behavior on the Mosquito Fire near Foresthill on Wednesday afternoon as extreme with long-range spotting. Cal Fire Extreme fire behavior observed on Mosquito Fireīrent Wachter, a fire meteorologist at the U.S. Live evacuation zone map: #PCSO #PlacerCounty #mosquitofire #cawx #fire /xo8GK7xHaC- Placer Sheriff September 7, 2022Ĭalifornia's Mosquito Fire near Foresthill was 2,000 acres and growing as of 2:45 p.m. #BALLOONS EVERYWHERE UPDATE#MOSQUITO FIRE PM UPDATE with Division Chief Mike Rufenacht and our Lt. He told people to consult the live evacuation map for new evacuation information.Ĭal Fire division Chief Mike Rufenacht said the fire is encroaching out of the American River Canyon up into the Michigan Bar area as well as the Ralston Ridge area near the Oxbow Reservoir. Josh Barnhart said the latest round of evacuations has pushed into a portion of Foresthill proper. Forest Service said the Mosquito Fire is expected to burn actively Wednesday amid extreme weather conditions "with near record high temperatures, very low relative humidity and critically low fuel moistures." Mosquito Fire evacuations push into part of Foresthill, officials sayĬal Fire and the Placer County Sheriff's Office posted a video Wednesday afternoon with an update on California's Mosquito Fire burning in Placer County. The best source for the latest evacuation information is the live evacuation map. The Placer County Sheriff's Office issued new evacuation warnings Wednesday afternoon after 3 p.m. The agency hasn't shared any information regarding homes burned, but people on social media posted images and videos showing structures destroyed.ĭamage from the #MosquitoFire along Michigan Bluff Road near High Street /6wj9Uhdimj- Lysée Mitri SeptemNew evacuation warnings issued for California's Mosquito Fire Mosquito Fire balloons to over 4,000 acresĬal Fire said Wednesday evening that the Mosquito Fire near Foresthill had grown to 4,223 acres with no containment. "The fire is burning in extremely difficult terrain including steep canyons where directly attacking the fire can be difficult," the agency said. Cal Fire said in its incident report that the Placer County blaze had shown extreme behavior Wednesday.
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