📸: Kitten with singed whiskers that survived the McKinney Fire hides between rocks in the Klamath National Forest, California.
Flames burn to the Klamath River during the McKinney Fire in the Klamath National Forest northwest of Yreka, Calif., on July 31, 2022.in a Northern California national forest and threatening a town of nearly 8,000 people has quickly become the largest wildfire in the state this year, officials said.
Two people were found dead in their car in a driveway in the town of Klamath River, Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue told ABC News. Firefighters said they suspected that the two were caught in the fast-moving fire as they tried to flee, according to the sheriff. More rescue teams were expected to search the area on Monday.
A kitten with singed whiskers that survived the McKinney Fire hides under rocks in the Klamath National Forest northwest of Yreka, Calif., July 31, 2022. The largest fire in California this year is forcing thousands of people to evacuate as it destroys homes and rips through the state's dry terrain, whipped up by strong winds and lightning storms."We're feeling pretty good" about protecting Yreka, whose western fringes were threatened by the fire, he told ABC News.
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office said search crews rescued about 60 hikers from a section of the Pacific Crest Trail, a popular backpacking trail that runs from Canada to Mexico. Gusty overflow winds of 30 to 50 mph and thunderstorms are forecast for the area Monday, according to Cal Fire.Mike Chapman/Record Searchlight via USA Today Network
"Really erratic winds from the start of the incident all the way up until now," Kelsey Lofdah, a firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service, told ABCof challenging firefighting conditions. "Pretty extreme fire behavior throughout the entire shift."
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