Yolo County sheriff’s deputies rushed to assist residents at Golden Bear Estates and Canyon Creek Campground to evacuate them. Burning near Napa County’s largest reservoir, Lake Berryessa, a new wildfire doubled in size overnight and triggered a series of evacuations as flames tore through acres of oak trees. Encroaching flames have prompted road closures on Highway 128 from the Monticello Dam to Pleasants Valley Road. The blaze has triggered state park closures along the Central Coast through Saturday, as well as a host of road closures. See the most-read stories in Local News this hour »As 700 firefighters tackled flames burning in Yolo County, crews tried to gain control over the deadly Soberanes fire on the Central Coast.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 03, 2016 20:35 UTC