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Several people injured in wildfire near town of Weed, homes destroyed
Evacuation orders remain in place for many parts of the Northern California town
Several people were injured in a fast-moving wildfire burning in the Northern California town of Weed in Siskiyou County ahead of Labor Day weekend, according to the Associated Press. Meanwhile, fire crews are also having to battle a second wildfire burning in the area.
The so-called Mill Fire has destroyed multiple homes and forced several thousand people to be under mandatory evacuations on Friday, Cal Fire, the state's fire agency, said. When an evacuation order is issued, that means there is an immediate threat to livelihood. Evacuation is mandatory in this case.
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a state of emergency in Siskiyou County due to the "rapidly-spreading fire." A Fire Management Assistance Grant has also been secured from FEMA. Both are set to help funding to help contain the fire and those impacted by it.
The fire started around 12:50 p.m. near Woodridge Court and Woodridge Way, just off Highway 97 on Friday, according to Cal Fire.
KCRA 3 has learned the fire started at an old mill building before it spread to nearby vegetation, but the cause remains unknown. Rebecca Taylor, communications director for Roseburg Forest Products based in Springfield, Oregon, said she did not know where or how the fire started but the company evacuated its veneer plant in Weed after the fire was reported. Some of its property is burned. The plant employs 145 people, although not all were on shift at the time, Taylor said.
Weed is located about 70 miles north of Redding and is just to the west of Mt. Shasta.
The fire has burned at least 1,228 acres as of 2:28 p.m., according to the Fire Integrated Real-Time Intelligence System, which does aerial surveillance of fires. Images shared by FIRIS show several homes have been burned in the fire.
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