Joel 2:30 "I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth, Blood, fire and columns of smoke.
A freak lightning storm across northeast California has resulted in nine more wildfires for an overworked California firefighting team.
The new blazes are in Lassen, Modoc and Shasta counties and are in rural areas that are not threatening any homes or outbuildings. A spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said crews are trying to contain them quickly so they can “concentrate on the large ones we still have.”
The main fire is a wildfire sparked by lightning on July 30th that has burned 13 ½ square miles of land in Mendocino County. Six communities north of San Francisco are dealing with various evacuation orders as at least 60 homes are considered in severe danger from the flames.
More than 2,000 firefighters are working in what spokeswoman Lynne Tolmachoff said are “steep, rugged terrain.” Only 35% of the Mendocino County fire has been contained by the fire crews.
On Friday, 8 firefighters were reported injured in an incident connected to that fire. The fire has injured through burns or injuries eleven firefighters since the start.
“While we’ve been making some progress, this is a very stubborn fire,” Tolmachoff told Fox News. “And we’re not even close to our peak fire season.”
