Wildfire map: Rancho Fire evacuations in Tehama County

A wildfire that started Monday evening in Rancho Tehama burned 700 acres and destroyed 10 structures in its first few hours, the California Department of Fire and Forestry Protection said.

The Rancho Fire was reported around 4 p.m. along Rancho Tehama Road, the main road in the rural community of about 1,700 people 10 miles west of Interstate 5. Evacuations were ordered for residents on that road as well as Stagecoach and Oakridge roads and Apache Trail. The approximate area of the evacuation order is shown in red on the map above.

The area in orange — Osborn Road and Nome Lackee Lane, near Flournoy — is under an evacuation warning.

Around 9 p.m., Cal Fire’s Tehama/Glenn unit said the fire was at 700 acres with 20% containment. Ten structures had been destroyed and four damaged, and 158 structures were threatened.

Rancho was one of four fires over 500 acres burning in California on Monday:

• Sheep, near Wrightwood in the San Gabriel Mountains, 990 acres.
• Border 13, near Tecate, 577 acres.
• Plant, along I-5 near Grapevine, 517 acres.