The Mosquito Fire burning in Northern California flared up Tuesday afternoon, charging toward a mountain community and torching more homes as it burned dangerously close to a high school.
The inferno – the largest wildfire currently burning in California – began west of Lake Tahoe amid extreme heat September 6 and has already consumed about 50,330 acres in El Dorado and Placer counties. It was 25% contained Tuesday night. Burning intensely and spreading deeper in the Sierra Nevada mountains, the fire has forced more than 11,200 people to flee as it threatened thousands of structures, burning 46 structures by Monday, including at least 25 homes, according to Cal Fire.
Additional evacuations were ordered Tuesday afternoon, including for the community of Stumpy Meadows, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office. The Mosquito Fire continues to push steadily to the east in heavily forested areas with extremely dry vegetation, officials said. Before winds cleared the smoke Tuesday, it created unhealthy air quality in the region due to a high concentration of particulate matter from the fire in the air.
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