Smoky fire prompts evacuations in rural Northern California
WINTERS, Calif. (AP) — Strong winds on Sunday fed a smoky fire that threatened about 100 rural homes and prompted evacuations in Northern California.
Fire officials said the fast-growing blaze burned about 2 square miles (5 square kilometers) of dry brush and timber near the town of Winter. Gusts sent smoke about 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) east into downtown Sacramento.
The fire began around 4:30 p.m. Saturday and was just 5% contained by nighttime.
Evacuations were ordered for about 100 threatened homes just southwest of Winters, a rural town in Yolo County with about 6,600 residents.
The cause was under investigation.