Dangerous California wildfire forces freeway closure, evacuation warnings
A wildfire broke near the California-Nevada border Wednesday morning, triggering evacuation warnings and a freeway closure.
A wildfire broke near the California-Nevada border Wednesday morning, triggering evacuation warnings and a freeway closure. The Floriston Fire, which started nine miles northeast of Truckee, Calif., around 10 a.m., had grown to nearly 300 acres as of about 12:15 p.m., according to CalFire.
The blaze forced the westbound closure of I-80 at the Nevada state line with no estimated time of reopening. Sign up for the California Morning Report newsletter The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.
First reported by New York Post.
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