Vox Beach is about 55 miles east of Sacramento. He said that could suggest fireworks or a barbecue as a potential cause. He said the cause of the fire was not known, but that it started in the Vox Beach area. Redman said about 500 other people had been affected by mandatory and recommended evacuations. He said firefighters were working to clear a path to the facility so that a bus or patrol cars could be brought in to carry people out. Redman said the rate of the fire’s spread had slowed by 10 p.m. The fire agency had said just hours earlier on Twitter that the fire was 75 acres in size and “burning at a dangerous rate of spread in dry grass.” The fire burning in Amador County quickly spread to 959 acres as of just after 7 p.m. Woody Williams: Last World War II Medal of Honor recipient to lie in honor at US Capitol The crowd of roughly 100 people was safely evacuated from the facility Monday night, CBS13 Sacramento reported.įor subscribers: Twitter banned the Proud Boys, but they're still there. Fire can’t get in there,” Redman told The Associated Press late Monday. Those people were safe at the facility Monday night, but had been unable to leave due to the fire danger, Redman said. facility, said Amador County Sheriff Gary Redman.

– Firefighters in Northern California were battling a fresh wildfire that broke out Monday east of Sacramento at a recreation area packed with Fourth of July revelers and forced a number of evacuations.Īs the fire quickly spread, 85 to 100 people celebrating the holiday at a recreation area known as Vox Beach had to be taken to a nearby Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

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