Officials initially said 60 acres had been burned as of 12:25 p.m., but Cal Fire around 4:25 p.m. said only 42 acres had burned. The Butte County Sheriff’s Office at 1:05 p.m. had issued an ...

Alta Fire initially started 12:51 p.m. July 20 in Butte County, California. Since its discovery 22 hours ago, it has burned 17 acres. A crew of 19 firefighters succeeded in containing 75% of the ...