Firefighters responded to several wildfires that have prompted evacuation orders across three counties in California's Central Valley on Tuesday.

The three major fires forcing people to flee were the 2-2 Fire in the northern corner of Stanislaus County, the 2-7 Fire just east in Calaveras County and the 6-5 Fire in Tuolumne County. (Click the linked text to jump down to view each fire's evacuation information.)

Cal Fire's Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit stated that those three fires are among nine that comprise the TCU September Lightning Complex , which has a combined burn area of more than 5,200 acres.

The 6-5 Fire exploded to more than 2,900 acres burned with no containment reported as of around 4 p.m., according to Cal Fire. This fire was burning on the north end of Don Pedro Reserv

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