Wildfires burning in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Fresno County have prompted evacuation orders covering 100 square miles.
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The largest of the fires is the combined Bolt and Flash, which started on Monday, June 24, and merged on Wednesday. That fire is part of the Fresno June Lightning Complex, which as of Thursday night had an area of 10,669 acres (16.7 square miles), said the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. That puts it at fourth biggest of California’s wildfire season, after Sites, Post and Corral.
Ten miles to the northeast, the Basin Fire was reported Wednesday morning in the Sierra National Forest. By Thursday night, it had burned 5,692 acres (8.9 square miles), CalFire said.
The map above shows the approximate perimeters of the fires as a black line and the mandatory evacuation areas in red. For more details of the evacuations, including areas under warning, see Fresno County’s emergency map.
Highway 180 was closed through the fire area.
An evacuation shelter has been set up at Reedley College (995 N. Reed Ave., Reedley). Small pets will be accepted at the Reedley site; large animals can be taken to the fairgrounds in Fresno (1121 S. Chance Ave.).
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