It’s now the fourth largest fire of California’s season.
The Basin wildfire is now the fourth largest of California’s season, continuing to spread in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Fresno.PG&E monthly utility bills will drop – temporarily – starting July 1
The fire, which started June 26, was at 11,047 acres on the morning of Sunday, June 30, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.Ten miles to the southwest, the merged Bolt and Flash fires were more than half contained, and that evacuation zone was downgraded to a warning on Saturday. The fires’ area was at 10,375 acres , by far the largest part of the Fresno June Lightning Complex.
The map above shows the approximate fire perimeters as a black line and the mandatory evacuation area in red. For more details of the evacuations, including areas under warning, see An evacuation shelter was set up at Reedley College . Small pets were being accepted at the Reedley site; large animals can be taken to the fairgrounds in Fresno .
The season’s largest wildfires so far — Sites and Post — were contained last week. The third largest is Corral, which burned 14,168 acres in San Joaquin County in the first week of June.Dear Abby: My dad died after my sister hit him. Now I'm worried for my mom.
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