A growing wildfire in Napa County continued to threaten hundreds of buildings Wednesday night as several other fires broke out in dried plants in Central and Northern California.
The Butts fire had changed into charcoal 3,800 acres of brush, pine and oak trees in a valley and had spread from Napa County into Lake County, state forestry officials said. The region’s well-known vineyards were not threatened by the flames.
About 800 firefighters were battling the blaze, even as more crews from Los Angeles County and other areas of the state were ordered to react to the fire, which was 30% under control. In the air, six helicopters and four fixed-wing tankers made repeated attacks on the wildfire as crews on the ground struggled to cut controlling lines with bulldozers and firefighters using hand tools, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. As of Wednesday night, flames were threatening about 380 buildings. About 200 homes had been moved to safer places, officials said.
The fire broke out Tuesday afternoon off Butts Canyon Road in Pope Valley, northwest of Lake Berryessa. In the Sequoia National Forest, the Ranch fire had burned about 150 acres Wednesday night in a valley about 200 miles northeast of Bakersfield, the U.S. Forest Service said. High temperatures and low relative humidity were complicating the battle to control the fire. About 200 firefighters, helped by helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, were attacking the fire earlier in the day.
In Northeastern California, lighting strikes caused several smaller fires in heavily forested areas, fire officials said. Forest Service smoke jumpers and hotshot crews were being called in to fight the fires. Wildfires broke out as high pressure was causing hot weather across California, according to the National Weather Service.
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