SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Mosquito fire erupted again on Tuesday afternoon, spreading toward Placer County towns that have been under mandatory evacuation orders since the middle of last week when the wildfire made its first explosive, destructive run.
Another huge pyrocumulus plume of smoke materialized within a matter of minutes, seen on AlertWildfire Network cameras near Todd Valley and Foresthill beginning around 2:15 p.m.
The fire was rapidly spreading toward the north just before 3 p.m. amid the sudden, major flare-up. Aircraft mapped a large spot fire, which crossed the Middle Fork of the American River, at more than 300 acres around 4 p.m.
