#CarrFire [update] off Hwy 299 and Carr Powerhouse Rd, Whiskeytown (Shasta County) is now 80,906 acres and 5% contained. NEW MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS IN PLACE. Unified Command: @CALFIRESHU and Whiskeytown National Park. https://t.co/QmhauhZj9m pic.twitter.com/RSwzyvF0jY — CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) July 28, 2018 #BREAKING Worst fears realized in neighborhood outside #Keswick where #CarrFire has destroyed dozens of homes, some still smoldering. pic.twitter.com/LUvOrDqVKB — Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) July 27, 2018 Heading to #CarrFire in Redding to report on deadly inferno that has killed two firefighters and destroyed at least 65 structures. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/yot1Kp8ObR — Laura Anthony (@LauraAnthony7) July 27, 2018 RELATED WILDFIRE STORIES & VIDEOS: REDDING, Calif. (KGO) -- The Carr Fire burning in Shasta County near Redding has nearly doubled in size overnight, growing to over 80,000 acres as of Saturday morning. The fire is threatening almost 5,000 structures, according to Cal Fire. It has also prompted new mandatory evacuations.The fire has destroyed 500 structures and damaged 75 others. 37,000 people have been forced from their homes.Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said 14 people had been reported missing after the furious wind-driven blaze took residents by surprise and leveled several neighborhoods, though he added that the homes of most of those unaccounted for were still standing.The fire zone stretches from Redding to French Gulch. 80,906 have burned and the fire is just 5 percent contained.Two firefighters have died fighting the Carr Fire and three Marin County firefighters were hurt. They're now out of the hospital.The fire that was ignited Monday in forested hills grew overnight to 127 square miles (328 square kilometers). It pushed southwest of Redding, about 250 miles (402 kilometers) north of San Francisco and the largest city in the region with about 92,000 residents, toward tiny communities of Ono, Igo and Gas Point.It's now the largest of more than 20 fires burning in California. The winds that aided firefighters in keeping the flames from more populated areas were propelling it forward at a frightening rate. "We're not getting a break with the weather," said Chris Anthony, a spokesman for Cal Fire, the state agency responsible for fighting wildfires. "It just continues to be really hot, really dry and we continue to get those winds. ... This fire's getting so big and there are so many different parts to it." Click here for the latest information from Cal Fire on the incident, including updated evacuation information.<doc-sep>At a Glance Wildfires persisted in California as hot, dry conditions fueled the blazes. Residents in Redding had little time to flee as the Carr Fire moved into town, killing two. Gov. Jerry Brown declared an emergency for two counties because of the fires. At least 125 homes were burned by a deadly wildfire that invaded the town of Redding, California, Thursday night and moved so quickly that residents had little time to flee. The Carr Fire killed at least one firefighter and a private bulldozer operator that was fighting the growing fire as it jumped the Sacramento River and rapidly moved into the western side of the town of more than 90,000 people. At least three others have been injured three by the flames and heat. The firefighter was confirmed to be fire inspector Jeremy Stoke from the Redding Fire Department on Friday afternoon. Residents were urged to evacuate, and the inferno moved so quickly that fire crews had only one priority: aiding in evacuations in hopes the death toll wouldn't rise. Hospital spokesman Mike Mangas told the Associated Press five civilians were treated for fire-related injuries. None of the injuries are serious. In all, an estimated 37,000 people have been evacuated. On official noted Friday afternoon that the blaze is expected to continue moving into urban areas. The fire is "taking down everything in its path," Scott McLean, a CalFire spokesman for the crews battling the blaze, said Friday. Redding resident Steve Hobson, a former firefighter, says he decided to stay behind in the hopes of saving his house from the blaze but heat from the flames burned his skin and the smoke made it difficult to breathe. Hobson said Friday he could feel the fire sucking the air from around him, whipping up swirling embers in a "fire tornado." Hobson said the perimeter of his property and a shed were burned, but his home was spared. Over 120 homes have been destroyed and 500 structures have been destroyed. About 5,000 additional structures are threatened, many of which are homes. At the Mercy Medical Center in Redding, spokesman Mike Mangas told the Associated Press that eight people, including the three firefighters, were treated for injuries, and all were expected to survive. "Really we're in a life-saving mode right now in Redding," said Jonathan Cox, a battalion chief with Cal Fire. "We're not fighting a fire. We're trying to move people out of the path of it because it is now deadly, and it is now moving at speeds and in ways we have not seen before in this area." (MORE: Death Toll Climbs in Greece Wildfires) ​​​​​​ U.S. Forest Service Capt. Matt Mason told the Bee that officials didn't believe the fire would get into Redding, but strong winds made it impossible to contain outside the city limits. "We weren’t prepared," he told the Bee. Located on the western side of Redding, KRCR-TV was forced to go off the air and evacuate their studio in the middle of a Thursday night broadcast. As the fire advanced, a high school that was used to shelter evacuees was suddenly in danger of being in the path of the flames, and evacuees had to move again to Shasta College, according to NBC News. "When it hit, people were really scrambling," Cal Fire spokesman Scott McLean told the AP. "There was not much of a warning." The fire also reportedly burned structures in Shasta, located 10 miles west of Redding, and in Keswick. Early Friday morning, the entire town of Shasta Lake, population 10,000 was ordered to evacuate, the Redding Record Searchlight reported. Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Thursday morning as the aggressive inferno advanced in Shasta County. The emergency declaration also included Riverside County, allowing state resources to be used to fight the Cranston Fire at the opposite end of the state. At the Oak Bottom Marina on Whiskeytown Lake, several structures and about 40 boats were torched by the blaze, Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko told the Record Searchlight. Advertisement "If you’ve seen the weather we are going to be 110 (degrees) for the next week, so know we are going to be up against this," Cal Fire Chief Mike Hebrard told the Record Searchlight. The fire had burned about 75square miles by Saturday morning and was 5 percent contained. The inferno has been blamed on the "mechanical failure of a vehicle," according to Cal Fire. Cranston Fire Threatens Hundreds of Homes Sparked Wednesday in the San Jacinto Mountains east of Los Angeles, the so-called Cranston Fire burned timber and tinder-dry brush, erupting to a 7-square-mile conflagration in just a matter of hours. The fire had spread to nearly 19 square miles by Saturday morning and was 16 percent contained, according to Cal Fire. Authorities said the blaze threatened some 600 homes, and all 3,200 people in the town of Idyllwild and surrounding communities were ordered to leave their homes. The inferno was the largest of at least five that police believe were purposely set Wednesday by a man whose car was reportedly spotted at the starting point of the blaze in Riverside County, officials said. Brandon N. McGlover, 32, of Temecula was booked on suspicion of five counts of arson, state fire officials said. It wasn't clear whether he had an attorney. William Blodgett of Idyllwild said he couldn't get home because of the fire and had to wait along with others at a gas station in nearby Mountain Center — until the fire hopped a highway and began to move in his direction. "We were all peeling out of there as fast as we could," he told KNBC-TV. "It was apocalyptic." Horses and other animals were taken to shelters as were several hundred children who were evacuated from summer camps. About 200 were at a local high school serving as a shelter, KCAL-TV reported. The fire in the San Bernardino National Forest sent up a cloud 50,000 feet high that was so enormous it created its own weather in the form of lightning, the National Weather Service reported. (MORE: Deadly Laos Dam Collapse Raises Questions)<doc-sep>A destructive wildfire in Northern California nearly doubled in size by Friday afternoon, killing at least two people — including a city firefighter — and burning dozens of homes in Redding as residents ran for their lives. The Carr fire, driven east by 30-mph winds, hopscotched into subdivisions, destroying at least 65 homes and damaging 55 others near the Sacramento River. Those numbers are expected to rise. It was a chaotic scene across Redding, a city of 90,000 people about 100 miles from the Oregon border, as towering flames whipped along the horizon and through canyons, and evacuation orders expanded by the hour. By Friday afternoon, more than 38,000 people in Shasta County were displaced, said Sheriff Tom Bosenko. Advertisement As temperatures climbed into the triple digits, firefighters struggled to make progress against the blaze, which grew to 44,500 acres and was only 3% contained, Cal Fire said. Temperatures by early afternoon hit 101 degrees, with a forecast high of 109 degrees. “This fire was whipped up into a whirlwind of activity,” Cal Fire Director Ken Pimlott said Friday. The flames uprooted trees, moved cars and dislocated parts of roads, he said. Northern California will see high heat and low humidity over the next week to 10 days, he said, which will increase the likelihood of new fires starting and firefighters wearing out. The fire killed at least two people, including Jeremy Stoke, a firefighter with Redding’s fire department, and a private bulldozer operator who authorities did not name. Tensions and temperatures ran high Friday afternoon in a small neighborhood southwest of downtown Redding. Residents grabbed their children, pets and possessions and loaded up their cars, accompanied by the buzz of helicopters and the crackle of a police loudspeaker. “This is the worst I’ve ever seen,” said Steve Rice, who has lived in the neighborhood for 55 years. Before he left, Rice turned on garden hoses to water down his RV camper, and left an American flag flying next to his front door as a signal to the firefighters he hoped would come. 1 / 62 Cattle graze on the grassland near the Ranch fire outside of Lodoga. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) 2 / 62 A man fishes in Clear Lake as the smoky haze shrouds visibility in Clearlake Oaks. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) 3 / 62 A plume of smoke rises from the Mendocino Complex fire near Lodoga. The Mendocino Complex Fire, which is made up of the River Fire and Ranch Fire, has surpassed the Thomas Fire to become the largest wildfire in California state history with over 300,000 acres charred. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) 4 / 62 Firefighters battling the Mendocino Complex blaze monitor a burn operation on top of a ridge near the town of Ladoga on Aug. 7. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) 5 / 62 Crews battling the Mendocino Complex fire supervise a burn operation near the town of Ladoga on Aug. 7. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) 6 / 62 Firefighters keep an eye on a burn operation as part of the battle against the Mendocino Complex blaze on Aug. 7. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) 7 / 62 Arnold Lasker looks over the remains of his girlfriend’s house in Spring Valley, near Clearlake Oaks, on Aug. 7. (Josh Edelson / AFP/Getty Images) 8 / 62 Evacuated during the Ranch fire, Jay Michael and Gretchen Fritsch rest in their car in the parking lot of the Moose Lodge in Clearlake Oaks on Aug. 7. This is the eighth time they have been evacuated since living in the area, and the third time this year. (Josh Edelson / AFP/Getty Images) 9 / 62 Burned out cars sit in the remains of a home that was destroyed by the Medocino Complex fire in Clearlake Oaks, Calif. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) 10 / 62 A sign warns people to stay out of a burned area in Clearlake Oaks, Calif. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) 11 / 62 Helicopters enroute to pick up water at the Mendocino Complex fire in Clearlake Oaks, Calif. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) 12 / 62 A Buddha statue is seen at a burned home in Spring Valley, near Clearlake Oaks, Calif. (JOSH EDELSON / AFP/Getty Images) 13 / 62 Image taken from the International Space Station shows the wildfires burning in Calif. In the upper left portion of the image is the Carr and Mendocino Complex fires and to the right is the Ferguson fire. (ALEXANDER GERST / AFP/Getty Images) 14 / 62 Crystal Easter comforts her dogs in Spring Valley as they flee a wildfire. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 15 / 62 Crystal Easter uses a pot of water to put out spot fires around her home, as her neighbor’s home burns in the background in Spring Valley. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 16 / 62 Jim Bolander hoses down the roof of his home for the sixth time in eight years as the Ranch fire spreads in Spring Valley. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 17 / 62 The Ranch fire spots out ahead of the main fire in Spring Valley, burning two homes. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 18 / 62 Evacuees from Lucerne, from left, Ken Bennett with Ember Reynolds, 8, and Lisa Reynolds watch the sunset as smoke from the Ranch fire rises at Austin Park Beach in California’s Clearlake with Mt. Konocti in the background. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 19 / 62 Resident Lane Lawder carries a water bucket while fighting to save his home from the Ranch fire burning along New Long Valley Road near Clearlake Oaks. (Noah Berger / AFP/Getty Images) 20 / 62 A tree burns from the inside during the Ranch fire in Clearlake Oaks. (Josh Edelson / Associated Press) 21 / 62 An air tanker drops retardant on the Ranch Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire, burning along High Valley Rd near Clearlake Oaks.<doc-sep>This map shows the Delta Fire burning in Shasta County, California on Saturday, September 9, 2018. US Forest Service This map shows the Delta Fire burning in Shasta County, California on Saturday, September 9, 2018. US Forest Service RELATED WILDFIRE STORIES & VIDEOS: The U.S. Forest Service reports that an estimated 1 million acres have been burned in California wildfires this year.If you haven't been able to go back and check on your home in the wildfires, you may find the below tool from Cal Fire very useful.All you have to do is enter your address or a location. Green means that the house has slight damage. Yellow means minor damage. Orange means major damage. Red means completely destroyed.There's no color that means the house is either undamaged or they have no information.Cal Fire cautions that the map is not conclusive and they are still assessing the properties and that data could change.The map can also be viewed here<doc-sep>
A firefighter runs while trying to save a home as a wildfire tears through Lakeport, Calif., Tuesday, July 31, 2018. The residence eventually burned. Firefighters pressed their battle against a pair of fires across Mendocino and Lake counties. In all, roughly 19,000 people have been warned to flee and 10,000 homes remain under threat. Noah Berger/AP An airplane flies over a large wildfire plume from a recent flareup of the Woolsey Fire near Lake Sherwood, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Forecasters had warned of continuing fire danger in Southern California due to persistent Santa Ana winds, the withering, dry gusts that sweep out of the interior toward the coast, pushing back moist ocean breezes. (AP Photo/Amanda Myers) Flames burn inside a van as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Tens of thousands of people fled a fast-moving wildfire Thursday in Northern California, some clutching babies and pets as they abandoned vehicles and struck out on foot ahead of the flames that forced the evacuation of an entire town and destroyed hundreds of structures. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) BIG BEND, CA - NOVEMBER 10: The Camp Fire burns in the hills on November 10, 2018 near Big Bend, California. Fueled by high winds and low humidity the Camp Fire ripped through the town of Paradise charring 105,000 acres, killed 23 people and has destroyed over 6,700 homes and businesses. The fire is currently at 20 percent containment. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) They lost everything in the fires Fire evacuee: All we could do was pray TOPSHOT - A burning home is reflected in a pool during the Carr fire in Redding, California on July 27, 2018. - One firefighter has died and at least two others have been injured as wind-whipped flames tore through the region. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images) (CNN) — There’s a 30,000-foot shadow cast over Northern California. A tall smoke plume, according to the National Weather Service in Sacramento, is the reason for the shadow, with the smoke coming from the Carr Fire in Shasta County. Intense #CarrFire smoke plume detected on satellite this afternoon. The plume is 30,000 ft high, which is tall enough to cast a shadow! #CAwx pic.twitter.com/z1oMAPssVO — NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) July 27, 2018 The fire has led to the evacuation of 38,000 residents within Shasta County and the burn area, Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said. The California National Guard says it has 800 soldiers and airmen currently on the ground or en route to the Carr Fire to help. Officials were driving Friday through the smoldering remains of a neighborhood in the Northern California city of Redding, trying to determine the number of homes lost to the fast-moving wildfire that also has killed two people. A CNN crew in one neighborhood estimated dozens of homes had been reduced to nothing but piles of ash. Residents and relatives were allowed back in to see whether there were items that could be salvaged or whether pets left behind could be found. Paul Vercammen/CNN A green bush on a hillside behind a burning home was a respite for a female cat named Jinx. Chris Corona went to his parents’ home to look for their cat, Jinx. The home was gone, but Jinx was there, safely hiding in a bush on a hillside not touched by the flames that killed all the other vegetation. Corona wept as he thought of things they lost in the house. “I can’t believe it’s gone. All those memories, childhood memories,” he said. “Stuff that parents save, like stuff you built as a little kid for your mom. I’m just glad my mom got all the valuable stuff that she wanted out.” A neighbor had a similar experience: grabbed personal items in a hurry, forced to leave scared pet behind, returned to find dog alive. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, had authorities in the area assessing the damage. The Carr Fire ravaged the small communities of Shasta and Keswick before jumping the Sacramento River and burning houses on the outskirts of Redding, a city of 95,000 people 120 miles south of the California-Oregon border, according to Cal Fire. Alistair Sullivan told CNN affiliate KPIX that he drove home Thursday night to find firefighters in his Redding neighborhood, telling him and neighbors to evacuate. He got some papers and his guitars before he left.