California, United States: About two people were killed in a fast-moving wildfire in Siskiyou county, in California, as per a top official.
The county’s Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue mentioned in the statement late Sunday that the casualties in the Mill Fire were recorded in the town of Weed, according to the reports.
Along with this, LaRue shared no information about the deadly incident in the blaze, which erupted on September 2, destroyed or damaged at least 50 homes, and forced several thousand individuals to be under mandatory evacuation.
As per the new data shared by the California Department of Forestry as well as Fire Protection, the Mill Fire burned through an estimated 17.2 square km with 25 percent containment.
In addition, on Sunday, the firefighter’s county also had to shift their focus to the Mountain Fire, which started on September 2, 16.1 km northwest of the Mill Fire, which is just outside of the community of Gazelle.
There were about 690 structures which were threatened as well as at least 332 individuals were evacuated.
The Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, issued a state of emergency in Siskiyou County on Saturday because of the wildfires.
Mill Fire is the eighth significant fire to hit the northern extremes of California, United States, this summer, including the deadly McKinney Fire, which has killed about four people and scorched more than 60,000 acres in Northern California.
Furthermore, McKinney Fire is the largest wildfire of this year thus far.
