The fire has spread to more than 177,000 acres.
across northern California Monday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and had only been 14% contained., the agency said Monday, and nearly 500 residences have been destroyed since the blaze began roughly two weeks ago., located near Lake Tahoe, east of Sacramento, were ordered to evacuate Monday morning as the wildfire continues to grow.late Sunday evening in El Dorado and neighboring Alpine County as the fire continued to spread over the weekend.
early Monday morning the orders could escalate and become mandatory if the fire continued to spread, pushing some to scramble and evacuate their homes at 2 a.m., according to local media on the scene.and transfer them to surrounding facilities over the fire and only stay open for emergency services.
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