After the Labor Day lightning, here's where wildfires are burning in California

"Fires sparked by Labor Day lightning storms brought a jolt of activity to California's fire season, which has been comparatively mild over the summer. The map above shows where some notable fires are burning in the first week of September. 1 & 2 / Dillon and Blue. Dillon is in its second week, having started during an earlier round of lightning strikes, on Aug. 25. It has burned more than 8,000 acres;"

"Blue was started by lightning a day later and about 25 miles to the northeast, and is at 1,600 acres. 3 / Pickett. The biggest Bay Area fire of the season is 91% contained, and the last evacuation orders and warnings were lifted on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Pickett started on Aug. 21 on the edge of Calistoga and has burned 6,819 acres. Its cause is under investigation, said the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection."

"4/ TCU September Lightning Complex. The complex comprises eight fires that were started by lightning on the night of Labor Day and into the following morning. The largest, called 6-5, has burned almost 6,500 acres near Don Pedro Reservoir. Evacuations have been ordered for that fire and 2-7, burning along Highway 4 near Murphys [see map: perimeters and evacuations]."

Labor Day lightning strikes ignited multiple California wildfires after a comparatively mild summer. The Dillon fire, started Aug. 25, has burned more than 8,000 acres with evacuations along the Klamath River in Cottage Grove. Blue burned about 1,600 acres. Pickett, the largest Bay Area fire, is 91% contained after burning 6,819 acres. The TCU September Lightning Complex includes eight lightning-started fires, with the largest near Don Pedro Reservoir at almost 6,500 acres and active evacuations. Garnet has burned nearly 30,000 acres and is 12% contained, with extensive Sierra National Forest evacuation orders. Salt 14-2 burned 5,000 acres in about 24 hours near Coalinga.

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