A brush fire in the Sierra National Forest exploded over the weekend, threatening local communities.
A vehicle streaks by as Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeffery Shipman stands along CA-168 as the Creek fire creeps closer to Shaver Lake. Calif., on Sept. 6. The Laguna Hotshots Crew out of the Cleveland National Forest battle the Creek fire as it approaches the Southern California Edison Big Creek Hydroelectric Plant on Sept.
6, 2020 in Big Creek, Calif. The Laguna Hotshots Crew walk down Huntington Lake Road to battle the Creek Fire on Sept. 6, in Big Creek, Calif. The Creek fire along Huntington Lake Road on Sept. 6. A vehicle streaks by CA-168 as the Creek Fire creeps closer to town on Sept. 6 in Shaver Lake, Calif. A firefighter conducts a back-burn operation along CA-168 as the Creek fire approaches the Shaver Lake Marina on Sept. 6, in Shaver Lake, Calif. Firefighter Ricardo Gomez, of a Cal Fire engine from Bradley, sets a back burn amid the Creek fire near Shaver Lake Marina on Sept. 6. A firefighter conducts a back-burn operation amid the Creek fire near the Shaver Lake Marina on Sept. 6. Firefighter Ricardo Gomez, of a Cal Fire engine from Bradley, sets a back burn amid the Creek fire near Shaver Lake Marina on Sept. 6. A firefighter conducts a back-burn operation amid the Creek fire near Shaver Lake on Sept. 6. Firefighter Ricardo Gomez, of a Cal Fire engine from Bradley, sets a back burn amid the Creek fire near Shaver Lake Marina on Sept. 6.
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