Bug Fire Swells to 44,304 Acres as 3 Fires' Evacuation Zones Overlap
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Updated · KTVN · Aug 11
Bug Fire Swells to 44,304 Acres as 3 Fires' Evacuation Zones Overlap
3 articles · Updated · KTVN · Aug 11
Summary
CAL FIRE's Tuesday update put the Bug Fire at 44,304 acres and 3% contained, with officials warning that evacuation areas tied to the Bug, Fred Mountain and Stallion fires are expanding into one another.
More areas have shifted into GO NOW orders and additional neighborhoods into GET READY warnings as fire perimeters are remapped; officials said the three blazes remain separate incidents but will be handled together for evacuation reporting.
More than 6,000 people have been evacuated, with thousands more in warning zones across the affected area near Cold Springs, U.S. 395 and the Nevada-California border.
Acreage totals are still varying across fire-reporting systems, underscoring how quickly conditions are changing as crews update maps and residents are told to keep checking the latest evacuation map.