Map: Green Fire sends heavy smoke over Redding area

Amid hot dry weather in Northern California a lightning-sparked fire near Shasta Lake has grown to almost acres Related Articles Esparto fireworks explosion East Bay brothers identified as two of seven casualties Elias Bay Area s Garamendi saying insurance czar should go unheard of Bay Area Air District issues advisory for wildfire smoke Cal Fire rolled out an AI chatbot Don t ask it about evacuation orders -year-old suspected of setting off fireworks that sparked California wildfire The Green Fire started July along the lake s Pit River arm Evacuations were ordered Friday July for about square miles of sparsely populated national forest in Shasta County As of Monday July the fire was estimated at acres square miles by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection The map above shows the evacuation area in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line Shasta Lake remained open for recreation boaters were warned to stay out of the way of firefighting aircraft scooping water from the reservoir Air quality from Shasta Lake to Redding and Anderson was deemed hazardous Monday morning but was expected to improve in the evening explained the U S Interagency Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Operation On Redding s east side and in nearby communities the air quality index Monday ranged from to more than and residents were advised to stay inside A heat advisory was in effect for the area through p m Monday with high temperatures of to expected in the northern Sacramento Valley the National Weather Function noted Green is California s fourth-largest wildfire of the year after Madre which burned acres this month in Central California and Los Angeles County s Palisades and Eaton fires in January Also in Northern California evacuations have been ordered for the Orleans Complex which has burned acres in Siskiyou and Del Norte counties