Northern California Wildfire Grows to 24 Square Miles

Gusty winds fueled the Sites fire in Northern California’s Colusa County, northwest of Sacramento, helping the blaze grow to nearly 24 square miles by June 18, state fire officials reported. Crews on site expect warm weather and continued winds to fuel the flames again Wednesday as they work around the north and south sides of the fire. “We’re not out of the woods yet,” Chris Harvey, with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Management (Cal Fire), told The Epoch Times. The fire was only 5 percent contained, meaning only about 5 percent of the burn’s perimeter has been surrounded by a control line that the fire will not cross, according to Cal Fire....