Evacuation orders are in effect as wildfires blaze across the West, including in California’s scenic Napa County.

The Pickett Fire , which has burned nearly 4,690 acres, first sparked Thursday afternoon and continued to rage Saturday with only 7% of the wildfire contained.

The cause of the fire is not yet known. But an area where it has burned is the same as the devastating 2020 Glass Fire , which raged for 23 days and laid waste to more than 1500 structures.

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