White rock canyon road area. The red cross is assisting. The fire started just before 3 00 and grew rapidly. And cal fire spokeswoman emily smith is on the telephone with us. Can you hear us . Yes, i can. Thanks for coming on. Its dan and alma. The incident is near the community of upper lake in lake county, just north of lake fork. The fire started this afternoon around 3 00 p. M. And is currently 20 contained. Burning in a northeast direction from elk Mountain Road which is state responsibility, and on to the Mendocino National forest which is the United States forest service. How populated is this area . There are some evacuations going on right now. The area is a small community. It does have a population. 20 residents were on the White Rock Canyon road that were displaced and moved to the upper lake park, where red cross is assisting. However, there are no mandatory evacuations in order. All right. Thanks very much. I know it will be a long night. You cant fight from the air durin
More tickets for papal events that weekend. A total of 10,000 tickets will now be up for grabs for the popes event at independence mall. 10,000 tickets for saturdays papal festivities and another 10,000 more tickets for the popes mass on sunday. Organizers say the event itself justifies all of the changes we have seen in recent weeks. Huge part of this is the experience pilgrims joining arms and singing and waving their flags from tow heed dough, ohio or to lido pain. Its going to be the most joyful experience ever. So i would say to everyone, come see our city. Come see our pope. You have to think about the people who are booking their trips far in advance. Paying a lot of money to come to the see to see the pope. And its also, you know, we also have to get the message out there. That this a positive event. Reporter spokesperson from the greater Philadelphia Hotel association. He says there are some cancellations due to planning confusion but not a quote mass exodus. He also says one