Two Firefighters Injured as Northern California Wildfires Prompt Evacuations

The Guardian

Wildfires burning in rural northeastern California have prompted evacuations and injured two firefighters, state fire officials said. The Gold Fire, in which the firefighters were injured, erupted Monday in Lassen County and has burned several hundred acres. Farther west, the Hog Fire prompted mandatory evacuations and threatened about 170 buildings after starting last Friday.

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