Blackouts as wildfires hit in California
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Northern California wildfires that incinerated two mountain communities continued marching through the Sierra Nevada yesterday while a utility purposely blacked out as many as 51,000 customers to prevent new blazes.
Two weeks after the Dixie Fire destroyed most of the Gold Rush-era town of Greenville, the Caldor Fire a few miles southeast exploded through tinder-dry trees and ravaged Grizzly Flats, a forest community of around 1,200 people.
Fire officials estimated that at least 50 homes had burned in the area since the fire erupted on Saturday and two people were hospitalized with serious injuries.
Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency in El Dorado County, where authorities were considering closing the entire El Dorado National Forest.
鈥淲e know this fire has done things that nobody could have predicted, but that鈥檚 how firefighting has been in the state this year,鈥 El Dorado National Forest Supervisor Chief Jeff Marsolais said at a briefing.
Both fires grew by tens of thousands of acres from Monday through Tuesday, torching trees and burning up brush left tinder-dry by high temperatures, low humidity and drought. Gusts drove the flames.
Few homes were left standing in Grizzly Flats, where streets were littered with downed power lines and poles. Houses were reduced to ash and twisted metal.
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