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red flag warning was issued for southern Oregon, northern
California and northern Nevada as 35 mph (55 kph) wind gusts and
humidity hovering around 10 percent were seen, the National
Weather Service said in an advisory.
"Strong winds could rapidly push fire into close proximity of
local communities Tuesday afternoon and evening. Heed any
evacuation orders. React quickly, you may not have much time to
leave," the service said.
More than a half a dozen fires have started up over the last two
days in California including the Detwiler Fire, which forced
some residents in Mariposa County to evacuate on Monday.
The fire destroyed one structure and threatened 300 more after
swelling to 11,200 acres since it began burning brush and tall
grass on Sunday afternoon. Five percent of the fire was
contained as of Monday night, the Cal Fire website reported.
"I haven't seen these conditions in a long time, it's a wind
driven, slope driven, fuel-driven fire," Jerry Fernandez with
Cal Fire told an ABC affiliate in Fresno.
Ten new large blazes ignited on Monday as a total of 35
wildfires burned across the U.S. West, the National Interagency
Coordination Center said.
Flames have charred more than twice as much land in California
so far in 2017 compared with the same time last year, according
to Cal Fire.
(This story has been refiled to delete extraneous word in
headline.)
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Richard
Balmforth)
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