A lightning-caused wildfire continues to rip through Northern California with zero containment Sept. 3, after destroying homes in the historic gold mining town of Chinese Camp.
The 6-5 fire was sparked during a lightning storm just before 8:30 p.m. Sept. 2 north of Don Pedro Overlook Trail and Old Pedro Road near Red Hills and had grown to nearly 6,500 acres by the afternoon of Sept. 3, according to fire officials.
The blaze was one of nearly two dozen fires burning in the region about 120 miles east of San Francisco.
Flames moved quickly across the Sierra Nevada and into the state’s historic gold rush region, reaching homes in Chinese Camp the first night….