SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. — A highway running the length of California remained closed for a fifth day Sunday near the Oregon border as a wildfire smothered rural forestlands in smoke and flame. The stretch of highway closed Wednesday as flames flanked the roadway and left the roadway littered with burnt and abandoned trucks. The blaze had devoured 63.9 square miles (165 1/2 square kilometres) and was only 5 per cent contained. The Delta Fire was just the latest of several enormous fires that have ravaged the north area in recent weeks. The Mendocino fire was expected to be fully contained by Sunday, more than six weeks after it started, officials said.

Source: National Post September 09, 2018 19:02 UTC