California Wildfires Update: Kincade Fire Nearly Contained, Ranch Fire Erupts In Tehama County

As fire crews make progress containing one of the wildfires raging across California, another ignited Sunday and quickly grew overnight.

Fire Crews in Sonoma County announced Monday they had made strong progress in containing the Kincade Fire that had been raging since Oct. 23. It grew quickly behind strong winds and dry weather, with the winds growing stronger in the following days. Hundreds of homes were put in immediate danger and authorities ordered mandatory evacuations to keep residents out of danger.

As of Monday, the Kincade Fire had burned through 77,758 acres, displaced 180,000 people, and destroyed 374 buildings. Of the 374 buildings, 174 were reported to be homes and 11 were commercial structures. Another 60 buildings have been reported damaged, 34 of which were homes.

Despite the damage, fire crews were able to make progress containing the fire by Sunday night due to favorable weather conditions. According to the Sacramento Bee, Cal Fire said 80% of the Kincade Fire had been contained as of early Monday morning. Cal Fire also expects the fire to be completely contained by Thursday.

However, crews found themselves having to contain another fire that sparked up Sunday night and had quickly spread in Tehama County. The Ranch Fire sparked in a remote area but spread fast enough for authorities to order evacuation warnings for residents in the surrounding areas.

It had burned through 600 acres as of Monday morning and crews had contained 15% of the fire.

The Ranch Fire also comes nearly two months after the areas had battled the Red Bank Fire in early September. The Red Bank Fire managed to burn through over 8,800 acres of land before crews managed to contain it.