Wildfires burn thousands of acres in Central California

Many new wildfires continued to burn in Central California Wednesday after torching thousands of acres.

The TCU September Lightning Complex, which consists of 22 fires of various sizes in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties, started at 4 p.m. Tuesday. As the name indicated, it was caused by lightning.

By early Wednesday afternoon, the string of fires had burned 13,371 acres, and there was 0% containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s website.