A wildfire in California’s Mono County prompted evacuation orders on Thursday as the Pack Fire quickly grew to 1,000 acres.

A fire in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains is spreading at a critical rate and forcing evacuations, as an atmospheric river drops rain in much of Northern California.

The Pack Fire in Mono County, about 140 miles southeast of Sacramento, had grown to about 5.3 square miles by Thursday night.

California firefighters are tackling the Pack Fire burning across 3,400 acres near Lake Crowley in Mono County, declaring a local emergency.

Sage Fire initially started 4:16 p.m. Oct. 27 in Mono County, California. As of Thursday morning, 260 acres of land had been scorched by it. The fire crew managed to contain the fire entirely as of Thursday morning. At present, details about the cause of the fire are unknown.

A wildfire broke out and quickly exploded in size in Mono County, California – near the Nevada border – on Thursday, November 13, prompting evacuation orders in local communities and the closure of US 395 in the county.

MONO COUNTY, California (KOLO) - The Pack Fire has burned around 1,000 acres near Crowley Lake in Mono County. The fire is burning near U.S. 395 and McGee Creek Road, around 1/4 of a mile away from the lake.

The NWS Reno NV issued a winter storm warning at 3:14 a.m. on Friday in effect until 4 p.m. for Mono County.