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The Smith River Complex continues to burn, with widespread power outages in Del Norte county set to be addressed by Friday or Saturday of this week, according to officials. Thousands of firefighters are on site building dozer lines and prepping structures. The Smith River Complex is now burning at over 47,000 acres in Del Norte County with 0% containment.

An evacuation warning has been issued for Zone SIS-1236 (south of Hamburg).

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has extended an air quality advisory for wildfire smoke from numerous fires in Northern California.

SISKIYOU COUNTY — A deadly and destructive complex fire raging in the Klamath National Forest has spread to cover more than 11,000 acres, and it's only 2% contained as of Tuesday night, according to Cal Fire.

The wife of Ken Oliver, the Siskiyou County man who died in the Head Fire, is in an Oregon hospital with burns over 50% of her body.

Wet weather on Monday helped dampen the ground around fires burning in the North State, giving firefighters a chance to bolster containment lines.

Weekend lightning strikes have ignited new wildfires near a complex of blazes burning since last week through the Klamath National Forest near California’s border with Oregon. The Forest Service says

Dozens of wildfires have erupted in recent days.

SISKIYOU COUNTY & CRESCENT CITY, Cal. -- Northern California electricity utility company Pacific Power has three community centers set up today for more than 13,000 Siskiyou County and Del Norte

SISKIYOU COUNTY & CRESCENT CITY, Cal. -- Northern California electricity utility company Pacific Power has two community centers set up today for more than 12,000 Siskiyou County and Del Norte