New California wildfire strands Fourth of July revelers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters in Northern California are battling a fresh wildfire that broke out Monday (July 4, 2022) east of Sacramento at a recreation area packed with Fourth of July revelers and forced a number of evacuations. According to Cal Fire the fire burning in Amador county had quickly spread to 959 acres as of just after 7 p.m. Monday. The fire agency had said just hours earlier on Twitter that the fire was 75 acres in size and “burning at a dangerous rate of spread in dry grass.” The Amador County Sheriff’s Office said as many as 100 people celebrating the holiday at a beach along a river in the area had to be evacuated to a nearby power facility.