More than 28,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes due to a wildfire in Northern California, officials said Wednesday.
The Thompson Fire broke out Tuesday morning in Oroville, approximately 65 miles north of Sacramento. As of Wednesday morning, the fire had grown to 3,002 acres without containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. The cause is under investigation.
The flames destroyed at least four structures and threatened 12,000 others, while also affecting several power lines, Butte County Fire Department spokesman Rick Carhart said. 1,438 people were mobilized to fight the fire, including 18 firefighters sent by the San Francisco Fire Department.
Video posted on social media shows large plumes of orange-gray smoke rising from the fire above Oroville.
There were no reports of civilian injuries, Carhart said, but four firefighters suffered minor heat-related injuries.
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