After the Labor Day lightning, here’s where wildfires are burning in California

Fires sparked by Labor Day lightning storms brought a jolt of activity to California’s fire season, which has been comparatively mild over the summer.

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The map above shows where some notable fires are burning in the first week of September.

1 & 2 / Dillon and Blue. Dillon is in its second week, having started during an earlier round of lightning strikes, on Aug. 25. It has burned more than 8,000 acres; evacuation orders remain in place for residents along the Klamath River in the Cottage Grove area [see map: perimeter and evacuations]. Blue was started by lightning a day later and about 25 miles to the northeast, and is at 1,600 acres.

3 / Pickett. The biggest Bay Area fire of the season is 91% contained, and the last evacuation orders and warnings were lifted on Tuesda