Firefighters in Northern California were battling a fresh wildfire that broke out Monday east of Sacramento at a recreation area packed with Fourth of July revelers and forced a number of evacuations.
As the fire quickly spread, 85 to 100 people celebrating the holiday at a recreation area known as Vox Beach had to be taken to a nearby Pacific Gas & Electric Co. facility, said Amador County Sheriff Gary Redman.
Those people were safe at the facility Monday night, but had been unable to leave due to the fire danger, Redman said.
“We can’t get in there. Fire can’t get in there,” Redman told The Associated Press late Monday. “The trees keep going down. The whole place is on fire.”
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