BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. — The Swedes Fire burning in Butte County jumped to triple digits within hours of breaking out and prompted multiple road closures and evacuations.
According to Cal Fire Butte Unit, the blaze burning east of Oroville has reached about 400 acres.
Multiple evacuations are underway and CHP has set up multiple road closures in the area. The roads impacted include:
- Old Olive Highway/Forbestown
- Lost Horizon/SR162
- Old Olive Highway/SR162
- MT Ida/Miners Ranch
- Hurleton Swedes Flat/Jernigan Road
View the Waze map below for live traffic updates:
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A map of the area impacted can be seen below:
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