The raging wildfire, which ignited Aug. 14, has burned 98,149 acres and firefighters have yet to contain the flames, officials said.
It grew by more than 15,000 acres through Saturday and overnight, as firefighters faced gusts of winds from 30 to 40 mph.
There may be a gust from 12 to 15 mph for a brief period in the afternoon, but “generally no major wind event or anything through early next week,” Shoemaker said. “We have a smoke inversion that sets in. It creates a bit of a stable air mass and so the fire’s not able to really take off and build that column until that smoke clears,” he said. The inversion is expected to burn off later in the day, and fire activity will likely increase.
Authorities shut down a segment of Highway 50 and issued new evacuation orders Friday evening in anticipation of the weather.
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