The fire began burning on July 29 and has claimed two lives as of yesterday.
began burning in Siskiyou County in Northern California on July 29 for a currently unknown reason. Since then the fire is 0% contained and has scorched a total of 52,498 acres of land per the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection—making the McKinney Fire the largest California wildfire of the 2022 season so far.
“There will be no additional info pending positive identification & notifications to next-of-kin.”he China 2, Kelsey Creek, and Evans fires are also reportedlyth National Forest. These fires then merged together and burned a collective 115 acres says the New York Times citing Courtney Kreider from the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office.
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