A new wildfire, caused by a lightning strike, has rapidly spread through the historic California Gold Rush town of Chinese Camp, destroying homes and forcing evacuations. The blaze, known as the 6-5 Fire, is one of several blazes that erupted on Tuesday across California. According to Fox News, this particular fire has already expanded to 10 square miles (26 sq km) and has zero containment as of early Wednesday.
CalFire, the state’s main fire agency, reported that at least five homes in the rural town have been burned. This is a mix of freestanding and mobile homes. The fire is part of a larger group of blazes called the TCU September Lightning Complex, which has now burned more than 19 square miles (50 sq km) across multiple locations in both Calaveras and Tuolumne counties.
