Lava Fire evacuation order inflames tensions around Mount Shasta Vista Subdivison
Members of Siskiyou County s Hmong community say they are desperate for water, and enforcement of the evacuation order is keeping them from moving freely in and out of the subdivision.
Posted: Jul 2, 2021 8:19 PM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt / Brett Taylor
BIG SPRINGS, Calif. When the Lava Fire made a big push to the north on Monday, the Siskiyou County Sheriff s Office issued a flurry of evacuation orders stretching from the outskirts of Weed nearly to the community of Big Springs north of Lake Shastina.
Evacuees from Lake Shastina and Carrick received the go-ahead to return home on Thursday night good news for many people displaced by the fire earlier this week.
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2021-07-01 22:35:49 GMT2021-07-02 06:35:49(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LOS ANGELES, July 1 (Xinhua) The Lava Fire continued its relentless growth in Siskiyou County of California Thursday, spreading to 19,680 Acres (79.7 square kilometers) with 25 percent containment, according to the latest information from InciWeb, an interstate incident information system.
The Lava Fire, which started last Thursday due to lightning, exploded in size throughout Monday, fueled by strong and erratic winds amid record heat. Monday morning, the fire torched only roughly 1,446 acres (5.9 square kilometers) with 20 percent containment.
The blaze burning about three miles northeast of Weed, a city with 2,700 residents, forced local authority issued evacuation orders to thousands of people living in communities nearby.