Mosquito Balloons Over 6 000 Acres Destroying Structures
The Mosquito Fire shows no signs of slowing down, and by sunrise it had already spewed a huge cloud of smoke rising over Placer County, signaling extreme fire activity on the ground. Cal Fire said “critical infrastructure” is threatened, including the Placer County Water Agency pump station and dam, the Placer County Fire Repeater Site, 230 kV transmission lines, Sugar Pine Dam and the community drinking water supply, the Ralston Hydroelectric Plant and cellular and microwave transmission towers....