{"id":4996,"date":"2026-07-20T14:42:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4996"},"modified":"2026-07-20T14:42:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:42:03","slug":"map-biscar-fire-quickly-becomes-californias-biggest-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4996","title":{"rendered":"Map: Biscar Fire quickly becomes California&#8217;s biggest this season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><iframe allow=\"geolocation\" allowfullscreen=\"yes\" allowtransparency=\"1\" class=\"iframe\" height=\"500px\" id=\"6a5e2f0b0a41a\" loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/1\/embed?mid=1RqQopUgmG5H_DuPHElpZzqoBrEckblQ&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A wildfire in Lassen County has become California\u2019s biggest of the year, and evacuations were ordered for more than 300 square miles.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4994\">Questions remain after toddler survives 5-story fall from New York building<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Biscar Fire was reported around noon Saturday 25 miles northeast of Susanville, said the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The first evacuation orders were issued within six hours.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday evening, the fire was mapped at 29,752 acres (46 square miles), and containment was estimated at 5%, CalFire said. The map above shows the evacuation area in red and the approximate perimeter as a black line.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 395 is closed in the fire area, the California Department of Transportation said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4992\">California filmmaker who learned she was Charles Manson\u2019s grandkid digs into family past<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previously, the state\u2019s biggest fire of 2026 was the Santa Rosa Island Fire, in May, which burned 18,379 acres.<\/p>\n<p>For updates and details of the evacuation, including warnings, see the Genasys Protect map or the Lassen County sheriff\u2018s Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=4991\">As Trump buyouts shake offshore wind industry, states hope developers stay in the game<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wildfire in Lassen County has become California&#8217;s biggest of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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