NBC News: “A rapidly expanding wildfire in northern California prompted mandatory evacuation orders for residents living in El Dorado County Monday. The Caldor Fire was ignited Saturday evening in the Omo Ranch area, about 60 miles east of Sacramento, according to the U.S. Forest Service’s El Dorado division. More than 240 firefighters were deployed to contain the fire, which has since grown to more than 2,200 acres and was zero percent contained Monday.”
“‘Night firefighting and challenging terrain made accessing the fire difficult,’ the El Dorado Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. ‘The fire burned very actively throughout the night.’ Authorities placed evacuation orders within a 1.5-mile radius of the Caldor Fire. Those directives were upgraded from evacuation warnings to orders for residents in Leoni Meadows and Big Mountain areas Monday.”