The hikers were rescued on the California side of the trail at Red Buttes Wilderness as the McKinney fire continues to ravage Klamath National Forest.
The fire started Friday in a largely unpopulated area in the Klamath National Forest just south of the Oregon state line. It is California’s largest wildfire of the year so far.through Monday night for portions of Oregon as fire crews brace for thunderstorms that could exacerbate conditions., which makes it really smoky, but it also means the fire can’t build — so it suppresses the fire,” U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Carolina Quintanilla said.
Lightning strikes and gusty winds during upcoming storms could ignite dry fuels and further fuel the blaze, Quintanilla said. “With thunderstorms, when the cells build, they create erratic winds, and sometimes they bring precipitation but sometimes they do not,” she said. “The rain that we got yesterday from the lightning storms made the grass not as flammable, but the trees and large brush, that is still very dry from the long drought that we’ve been experiencing.”
Thunderstorms are expected around noon and likely to continue into Tuesday, according to the weather service.
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