THE SOBERANES FIRE IN MONTEREY COUNTY HAS BURNED 74,604 ACRES AND IS 60% HIGHWAY 1 IS CLOSED FOR ABOUT 3-AND-A-HALF MILES, BETWEEN THE RIPPLEWOOD CAFÉ AND NORTH COAST RIDGE ROAD. P.G. & E. DE-ENERGIZED THE POWER LINES IN THAT AREA TOO, WHICH HAS IMPACTED THE AREA SOUTH OF FERNWOOD AND NORTH OF DOLAN CREEK.
THE CHIMNEY FIRE NEAR LAKE NACIMIENTO HAS BURNED 43-HUNDRED ACRES AND IS 10% CONTAINED. IT’S IMPACTING THE COMMUNITIES OF RUNNING DEER RANCH, TRI-COUNTY, CAL SHASTA, RANCHO DE LAGO, AND SOUTH SHORE VILLAGE IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY. 12 STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED THERE, AND 20 200 MORE ARE STILL THREATENED.
IN LAKE COUNTY, THE CLAYTON FIRE HAS BURNED 4,000 ACRES, DESTROYED 175 STRUCTURES, AND THREATENS MORE THAN 15-HUNDRED THE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED SUNDAY NIGHT WERE LOWER LAKE AND CLEARLAKE. 40 YEAR-OLD CLEARLAKE RESIDENT DAMIN ANTHONY PASHILK HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF 17 COUNTS OF ARSON OVER THE PAST YEAR, INCLUDING SETTING THE CLAYTON FIRE THAT BEGAN SATURDAY.
IN FRESNO COUNTY, THE MINERAL FIRE HAS BURNED MORE THAN 7,000 ACRES, AND DESTROYED 2 STRUCTURES. IT IS 90% CONTAINED.