US: Hog fire in California prompt mandatory evacuations

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US: Hog fire in California prompt mandatory evacuations

The fire exploded to more than 6,000 acres and created its own weather

Published: July 22, 2020 08:15 Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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Copy of 329227-01-02 [1]-1595390179268 — Sheriff officers watch as flames from the Hog fire approach highway 36 about 5 miles from Susanville, California. The fire exploded to more than 6,000 acres and created its own weather, generating lightning, thunder, rain and fire whirls out of a huge pyrocumulonimbus ash plume towering above. Image Credit: AFP

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20200722 log fire — A log keeps burning as hail falls directly on the Hog fire near Susanville, California. A thunderstorm cell mixed with a pyrocumulus ash column from the Hog fire, bringing with it erratic winds and lightning before evolving into a hail storm that extinguished a portion of the fire. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of Caifornia_Wildfires_81062.jpg-d1c5e-1595390172714 — Smoke from the Hog Fire is seen from Highway 36 west of Susanville, California. Mandatory evacuations are in effect for the Hog Fire which has grown to 9 square miles (23 square kilometers) in Lassen County. Cal Fire says about 170 structures are threatened. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 332692-01-02-1595390183881 — A CalFire aircraft drops fire retardant over the Hog fire, about 5 miles from Susanville, California. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 333614-01-02-1595390166788 — A collection of hail pellets are displayed as firefighters wait in their vehicles during a hail storm that falls on the Hog fire near Susanville, California. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 333612-01-02-1595390186446 — Firefighters look on as a thunderstorm cell draws in a smoke column from the Hog fire near Susanville, California. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 328803-01-02-1595390175790 — Firefighters move away from impending flames as the Hog fire jumps highway 36 about 5 miles from Susanville, California. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 333613-01-02-1595390164361 — Firefighters wait in their vehicles as hail falls on the Hog fire near Susanville, California. A thunderstorm cell mixed with a pyrocumulus ash column from the Hog fire, bringing with it erratic winds and lightning before evolving into a hail storm that extinguished a portion of the fire. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 330719-01-02-1595390181972 — Firefighters mop up hot spots from the Hog fire along highway 36 about 5 miles from Susanville, California. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 333653-01-02-1595390169515 — Firefighters look on as a smoke column from the Hog fire collides with a thunderstorm cell near Susanville, California. Image Credit: AFP

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