Firefighters on Wednesday are continuing to battle several lightning-sparked wildfires that have prompted evacuation orders across three counties in Central California.

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 10 that comprise the TCU September Lightning Complex , which has a combined burn area of more than 11,900 acres as of 7 a.m. Wednesday.

Damage in California Gold Rush town of Chinese Camp

The 6-5 Fire exploded to more than 6.400 acres burned with no containment reported as o

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