august complex fire

august complex fire temporary evacuation 5pm live vsv

We have team coverage today - as wildfires force people from their homes across our region... we begin with dani masten live in glenn county where the august complex has now scorched more than 30-thousand acres..

Dani how are evacuees doing out there?

I spoke to people earlier today at the temporary evacuation cente.

They told me it was scary to wake up andbe told to get out and some say they could barely see their own hands in the smoke as they rushed out of their homes.

Battling through smoke and haze, they left their homes and the fire in the rear view.

"at five o clock, they came through with the evacuations.

You looked out there and all you saw was 180 degree of orange.

It's amazing how fast it came in."

The american red cross has a temporary evacuation set up in willows for those who need a place to go to they are offering water, snacks and an air conditioned place to stay in they are also offering hotel rooms for those who need a place to stay for the night live in willowsã i'm dani masten action news now coverage you can count on the august complex is burning in glenn county -- and it involves 35 lightning fires - that have burned 30 thousand acres across the mendocino national forest.

An evacuation order has been expanded to all areas west of county road 306... the full length of the county from tehama county line in the north to colusa county line in the south.

All areas west to the mendocino county line.

The temporary evacuation center is located at the willows memorial hall