Wildfire Devastates Historic California Gold Rush Town, Homes Burn Amid Escalating Blazes
Wildfire Devastates Historic California Gold Rush Town, Homes Burn Amid Escalating Blazes A ferocious wildfire is currently sweeping through Chinese Camp, a historic Gold Rush town in Tuolumne County, California, having already scorched multiple homes. This blaze is one of nearly two dozen fires that erupted across Northern California earlier this week. The rapidly spreading inferno, located in the Sierra Nevada foothills, has prompted the evacuation of Chinese Camp’s approximately 100 residents and forced the closure of a key highway…