Firefighters struggle to contain advancing California wildfire as heat wave blankets US West
The Beckwourth Complex - two lightning-caused fires burning 45 miles north of Lake Tahoe - showed no sign of slowing its rush northeast from the Sierra Nevada forest region after doubling in size between Friday and Saturday California s northern mountain areas already have seen several large fires that have destroyed more than a dozen homes Associated Press
Updated Jul 11, 2021, 8:42 AM IST
Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heat wave hits the U.S. West this weekend, prompting an excessive heat warning for inland and desert areas.
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Heat, wind spur California fire; evacuation hits Nevada area
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Firefighters monitor the Sugar Fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex Fire, as it burns at Frenchman Lake in Plumas National Forest, Calif., on Thursday, July 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
BECKWOURTH, Calif. – A California wildfire that closed nearly 200 square miles of forest forced evacuations across state lines into Nevada on Friday as winds and scorching, dry weather drove flames forward through trees and brush.
The Beckwourth Complex which began as two lightning-caused fires in Plumas National Forest showed “extreme behavior, fire information officer Lisa Cox said Friday evening.
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