One of dozens of intense wildfires was sparked by a firework device used during a gender reveal, local authorities confirmed. 9News
At least two people were severely injured and 10 more suffered moderate injuries. Two campers refused rescue and stayed behind, the Madera County Sheriff's Office said.
"I wanted to show you if we make it out of this, we are completely trapped by this fire on all sides, all around us, all the roads are burnt," the man says in the video.Another wildfire, named the Creek Fire, started on Friday and by yesterday afternoon had exploded to 145 square kilometres, jumped the San Joaquin River and cut off the only road into the Mammoth Pool Campground, national forest spokesman Dan Tune said.
"Once the fire gets going, it creates its own weather, adding wind to increase the spread," Mr Tune said. Lindsey Abbott and her family were guided to safety by a stranger they followed down from their campsite near Whisky Falls.Ashley Wagner was among those rescued, along with two relatives and a friend. They were trapped in Logan's Meadow behind Wagner's Store, a 63-year-old business run by her aunt that was destroyed.The Yucaipa blaze has already prompted evacuation orders for eastern portions of the city of 54,000 along with several mountain communities.
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