Thousands of California residents have been ordered to evacuate as the Thompson Fire continues to blaze near Cherokee Road and Thompson Flat Road in Oroville, California.The blaze ignited in Butte County on Tuesday morning, and has since grown to encompass more than 3,000 acres near Lake Oroville, California's second largest reservoir. As of the most recent update issued on early Wednesday morning, the fire was zero percent contained, although firefighting personnel were on scene.
Lake Oroville structures have also been evacuated, the California Department of Water Resources shared, including the Hyatt Powerplant facility and the Lake Oroville Visitor Center.'DWR is closely monitoring the Thompson Fire that started just north of Oroville Field Division facilities around noon Wednesday. Several State Water Project facilities are under evacuation orders issued by the Butte County Sheriff,' the DWR posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday night.