Wildfires expand in Oregon and California, threatening homes and prompting evacuations

Wildfires expand in Oregon and California, threatening homes and prompting evacuations Updated 27 mins ago Wildfires in California wine country and central Oregon are expanding, prompting hundreds of evacuations. Hundreds of firefighters backed by helicopters were working Sunday to try to contain the blazes amid dry, hot weather. Calfire says the Pickett Fire in Napa County had grown to more than 10 square miles and was 11% contained as of early Sunday. In Oregon, the state Fire Marshal’s Office says the Flat Fire has grown to almost 34 square miles with no containment. Fire officials say that fire is threatening nearly 4,000 homes and about 10,000 people there are under some sort of evacuation notice.