The Latest: 4 firefighters suffer burns in Lake County fire
Authorities say four firefighters have suffered burn injuries while battling a fast-moving wildfire that broke out in Northern California and forced the evacuation of a town.
California fire officials say a fire in Lake County quickly spread to 400 acres prompting the mandatory evacuation of the town of Cobb.
Cal Fire says mandatory evacuations have also been ordered for High Valley Road, Bottle Rock Road, Harbor Hot Springs and Big Canyon Road.
Authorities say helicopters and air tankers are ready to fight a massive blaze threatening Northern California mountain towns but a thick layer of smoke has kept them on the ground.
On Saturday, she was in Angels Camp, a quaint town made famous by a Mark Twain story, after spending much of the night rescuing her neighbors' four horses and several cats from their home in Mountain Ranch in the foothills southeast of Sacramento.
At Angels Camp, a quaint town made famous by Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Tale of the Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," incident commanders huddled behind a pickup truck loaded with maps assessing the fire's progress as a line of horse trailers lined up near a corral with about two dozen horses.
