FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Campgrounds were evacuated near a Central California wildfire that has chewed through more than 2 square miles of dry timber in Sierra National Forest, one of several blazes burning across the state on Monday.
The fire in a rural area of Madera County, north of Fresno, was just 5 percent contained late Sunday. Officials said about 450 structures in the tiny wooded communities of Bass Lake and Cascadel Woods were threatened and residents were notified to prepare to evacuate at a moment’s notice. The cause of the fire that broke out Saturday was under investigation.