<p>A fast-spreading wildfire broke out north of Redding, California, shutting down a highway and triggering evacuations from several areas on Wednesday, September 5, according to local reports</a>.</p><p>The fire, dubbed the Delta Fire, had burned 5,000 acres by the evening of September 5 and was zero percent contained. The new fire is just a few miles from the long-burning Hirz Fire, and in an area ravaged by fire earlier in the season, when more than 1,000 homes were destroyed.</p><p>This footage from the California Highway Patrol’s Northern Division Air Operations shows the fire burning at Pollard Flat</a>. Credit: CHP – Northern Division Air Operations via Storyful</p><br />
