In this image from a Cal Fire monitoring camera from Hammond Ranch, the Mill Fire burns near Weed, Calif., Friday Sept. 2, 2022.
She said more resources have been requested to aid at least 200 firefighters battling the blaze on the ground and from the air.The Mill Fire started on the property of Roseburg Forest Products, a lumber mill north of the town of Weed, and quickly burned through homes and prompted evacuation orders for all of Weed and the nearby communities of Lake Shastina and Edgewood, with a combined population of about 7,500 people, said Weed councilwoman Sue Tavalero.
Christopher Rock, an employee at the Mayten Store in Montague, 30 miles north of Weed, said fire evacuees had swarmed the pumps.Marco Noriega, brew master at Mount Shasta Brewing Company, said he received the notice to evacuate around 1 p.m. and he sent the 10 customers and three employees away. He said the power is out and he has received little information.“I’ve been through it before, so long as the wind stays in the direction it is, I’m all right.
She grabbed a suitcase full of important documents, as well as water and her computer, iPhone and chargers, and headed out the door. With the notorious gusts that tear through the town at the base of Mount Shasta, she didn’t wait for an evacuation order. She packed up her documents, medication and little else, said her granddaughter, Cynthia Jones.
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