FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Boone Fire has burned implicit 11,000 acres arsenic of Wednesday greeting - and is presently 5% contained, according to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office.
The Boone Fire started Tuesday day successful the Los Gatos Creek area, which features a batch of unfastened onshore and fewer homes. As of 4 p.m. connected Tuesday, the Boone Fire was reported astatine astir 3,000 acres. The country burned has accrued by astir 8,000 acres overnight.
Officials with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office accidental they person identified astir 3 twelve homes that are successful the way of the fire. Evacuation orders person been issued to those surviving successful Zones P12, P13 & P21. Zone P22 is nether an evacuation warning. Some residents chose to leave, but astir elected to enactment successful their homes.
A unrecorded representation from Fresno County showing the evacuation orders tin beryllium viewed below:
Cal Fire says 2 firefighters received insignificant injuries and person been taken to a section infirmary for treatment. On Tuesday night, fire officials said different firefighter was wounded, receiving attraction for insignificant injuries. No civilian injuries person been reported.
The origin of the occurrence is nether investigation. Updates from Cal Fire can beryllium recovered here.