Two fire personnel have suffered minor injuries battling the blaze, Neufeld said, though no homes have been destroyed. The fire is burning in the shadow of a much more massive blaze some 30 miles to the north. / Reuters"There is a ridge that the fire is working toward and we are working with great effort to keep it from that ridge. A new wildfire burning through bone-dry grass, shrub and timber has forced the evacuation of dozens of homes in a mountain community in central California and more houses could be in the inferno's path, fire officials said on Saturday. The wildfire season in drought-stricken California officially began in May but a string of major blazes over the past two weeks marked the first widespread outbreak of intense fires this year.

Source: Huffington Post July 02, 2016 23:03 UTC