YREKA, Calif. - Two people were found dead inside a car in a driveway in Siskiyou County, the sheriff announced Monday, as crews were battling California's largest wildfire in Northern California's Klamath National Forest.
The sheriff tweeted that the pair were found along Doggett Creek Road near Highway 96, west of the Klamath River. No other details were released.
The McKinney Fire has been burning out of control just south of the Oregon state line, said U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Adrienne Freeman."The fuel beds are so dry and they can just erupt from that lightning," Freeman said. "These thunder cells come with gusty erratic winds that can blow fire in every direction."The blaze exploded in size to more than 80 square miles just two days after erupting in a largely unpopulated area of Siskiyou County, according to a Sunday incident report.
The cause was under investigation.The blaze torched trees along California Highway 96, and the scorched remains of a pickup truck sat in a lane of the highway.