California's summer fire season remains in full swing, with several major incidents burning around the state.
Cal Fire had updates late Monday on several of the fires, which altogether have burned more than 10,000 acres.
Perhaps the most damaging in terms of personal property broke out on Monday afternoon on Boles Creek near Weed in Siskiyou County.
Within hours the Boles Fire had ripped through Weed, burning 350 acres, destroying or damaging more than 100 structures and resulting in evacuation orders not just for Weed but also for the communities of Carrick and Lake Shastina, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire estimated the Boles Fire was 15-percent contained on Monday night.
In El Dorado County, the King Fire – burning since Saturday – scorched 8,600 acres in two days. It was 5-percent contained Monday, Cal Fire said.
Cal Fire said the blaze is threatening some 500 homes, with evacuation orders in effect in a number of communities there. Nearly 1,500 personnel and approximately 137 fire engines are assigned to the incident.
The closest of the major incidents to Lake County, the Black Fire north of Lake Mendocino in Mendocino County, burned 403 acres by Monday, at which point containment was estimated at 80 percent. Cal Fire said the fire, which began Saturday, has destroyed 11 structures.
The Gulch Fire in Shasta County, sparked east of Bella Vista last Wednesday by a vehicle, has so far burned 1,375 acres and is 96-percent contained, Cal Fire said.
In Madera County, the Courtney Fire has burned 320 acres near Oakhurst since it began on Sunday. Cal Fire said the fire was 35-percent contained Monday night.
The Courtney Fire has destroyed 33 residences, 28 outbuildings, 13 vehicles and four recreational vehicles, with damage to another four residences, six outbuildings and two vehicles, according to Cal Fire.
Two hundred structures with 600 residents in the Bass Lake Heights community remain in the fire's path, with an evacuation order for the threat area still in effect, Cal Fire said.
In Nevada County, the Dog Bar Fire is nearing full containment. Cal Fire said it began on Saturday near Alta Sierra.
The fire has burned 247 acres and was 90-percent contained Monday night. All evacuations have been lifted.
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