Rocky Fire Jumps Highway 20 Monday Afternoon

Photo: Al Francis from Aug. 2 of #RockyFire.

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Monday, Aug. 3, 4:45 p.m.

From Cal Fire:

“A spot fire from the #RockyFire has jumped Highway 20 and has burned 50 acres. Crews are aggressively attacking it.”

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Monday, Aug. 3, 8 a.m.

The Rocky Fire, raging in Lake, Colusa and Yolo counties in Northern California, has consumed 60,000 acres as of this morning, according to Cal Fire. Containment, however, has progressed to 12 percent.

“The fire activity has grown dramatically and firefighters are aggressively working to stop the progression,” Cal Fire said. ”In total, all evacuations impact over 12,190 citizens living in over 5,201 residences.”

Twenty-four homes are destroyed, along with 26 outbuildings. Structures threatened number 6,301 as of this morning.

Fire personnel total 2, 983, the department said.

More evacuations and road closures are in effect. Details here.