Fast-Moving California Wildfire Shuts Down I-5 (Shasta County)
REDDING, Calif. (AP / 9-6-18) — Both directions of a major highway connecting California and Oregon were closed and evacuations were ordered Wednesday when a fast-moving wildfire swept through a wilderness area.
The blaze in Shasta County was reported during the afternoon and within hours had charred nearly 8 square miles of brush and timber in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest about 200 miles north of San Francisco.
The fire was human-caused, fire officials said. However, they didn’t indicate whether it was arson or an accident.
The fire shut down miles of Interstate 5 and there was no immediate word on when it would reopen. The blaze also delayed Amtrak’s Coast Starlight service between Sacramento and Oregon.
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This fire season has been horrible for CA. 