33 Wildfires Burning In Northern California, At Least Fifty Homes Destroyed

Nearly 11,000 lightning strikes have sparked 367 wildfires, with more than 300,000 acres burned across the state, Cal Fire spokesman Jeremy Rahn said Wednesday.

Cal Fire has requested 375 fire engines from out of state to assist in the battle. Evacuations in parts of the Northern California city of Vacaville were underway as a wildfire tore through the countryside just outside it.

Officials are using a senior center as an evacuation center. Layers of ash cover the cars in the parking lot. About 20 or so people are there having fled their homes.

Marci and Ken Albers lost their house in Vacaville. "(Firefighters) couldn’t do anything, they just had to watch it burn," Marci said. "They had no trucks to take out there."

The Albers said the fire chief told them that there were no trucks to battle the blaze because they were all being used to fight the fire in Lake Berryessa.
The Albers evacuated around 2 a.m. with only what they were wearing.