Firefighters are slowly gaining on several wildfires burning in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada area, forcing evacuations and destroying buildings in a historic mining town.
The TCU September Lightning Complex fires, which were started by numerous lightning strikes that hit California this week, cover four counties: Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tuolune.
The fires are burning across nearly 14,000 acres. Containment on individual fires varies, but as a whole, they are now 22% contained—up from just 15% contained on Wednesday, according to CalFire…