THE HUMBOLDT FIRE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA is still racing out of control over the mountains of Butte County.

Chico Enterprise-Record photos by Jason Halley

So far the fire has consumed more than 23,000 acres and is 45% contained.  Full containment is projected to be reached by Monday evening.  Over 3,800 firefighters with 521 fire engines are working the fire that has caused the evacuation of 8,000 residents.

Janet Upton, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said  “We’ve always called it the big one, it’s always the one we’ve trained for and it’s been our worst-case scenario; it’s the one we use for our tabletop exercises.  This is that fire.”

The San Francisco Chronicle has an excellent background article along with some personal stories HERE.

KCRA-TV has a very good video report:

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