Fast-Moving Fire Shuts Down Highway North of Redding, California

A fast-spreading wildfire broke out north of Redding, California, shutting down a highway and triggering evacuations from several areas on Wednesday, September 5, according to local reports.The fire, dubbed the Delta Fire, had burned 5,000 acres by the evening of September 5 and was zero percent contained. The new fire is just a few miles from the long-burning Hirz Fire, and in an area ravaged by fire earlier in the season, when more than 1,000 homes were destroyed.This footage from the California Highway Patrol’s Northern Division Air Operations shows the fire burning at Pollard Flat. Credit: CHP – Northern Division Air Operations via Storyful