A fast-moving fire in Northern California destroyed multiple homes Friday and forced thousands of residents to leave immediately, jamming roadways at the start of a sweltering Labor Day weekend.
The Mill Fire started on the property of Roseburg Forest Products, a lumber mill north of the town of Weed, and quickly burned through homes in the nearby neighborhood of Lincoln Heights and prompted evacuation orders for thousands of people, said Weed councilwoman Sue Tavalero.
She said there were burned homes in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood but “I don’t know how many. I’m positive several homes have been lost.”