A heat wave was underway Wednesday in Southern California, with inland areas reaching triple digits.
Closer to the coast and farther north, it was still hot, with highs hovering around 90, while crews fought fires.
The Madre Fire, which has burned 80,610 acres in rural San Luis Obispo County north of Santa Barbara, was 62% contained as of Wednesday afternoon. Temperatures ended up in the upper 80s to upper 90s across the fire with gusts between 25 to 30 mph, according to InciWeb, an interagency information system.
The Madre Fire broke out July 2 along State Route 166 and has been burning east-northeast onto the Carrizo Plain. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is responding to the blaze in a unified command with Los Padres National forest and the Bureau of Land Management.
One structure was destroyed, and there was one injury to a firefighter, according to the Cal Fire’s website. Evacuation orders were in effect for 10 zones, and evacuation warnings have been issued for another five.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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