California Fire Map Update: Mosquito Wildfire Torches Nearly 50K Acres

Several wildfires are burning across California, including the Mosquito Fire, which is currently the largest and has torched nearly 50,000 acres.

According to data from Cal Fire, the Mosquito Fire in Placer County has grown to 48,700 acres as of Monday evening. The fire is 16 percent contained.

The growth of the fire comes as California has continued to face a number of other weather issues, such as a recent wave of high temperatures and the remnants of Hurricane Kay. While Kay never made landfall in California, it did bring heavy rainfall and high wind speeds to the state as it traveled over Mexico. Heavy rainfall in some areas of California resulted in flash flooding.

"Storms & flash flooding from #HurricaneKay led to major mudslides in the Lake Hughes area, north of LA. 50 people were rescued along Pine Canyon Rd," Rachel Menitoff of KTLA wrote on Twitter. "These are pictures of the damage courtesy of Gary Hall & Hollywood Impact Studios Vocational Training Center."

The National Weather Service in Los Angeles also previously warned residents of possible flash flooding due to heavy rainfall.

In a recent situational update posted on Cal Fire, officials said, "Firefighters continue to make progress building and strengthening control lines around the Mosquito Fire. Crews took advantage of cooler temperatures, higher humidity and the inversion layer staying in place for a majority of the day by mopping up and securing their lines while fire activity was moderated...Containment lines on the southern perimeter of the fire along Volcanoville Road continue to hold and firefighters are strengthening remaining control lines in that area to increase containment."

The update also said that a Cal Fire HAWK helicopter is available for use and was recently used for "nighttime water-dropping missions."

"The tropical moisture that has been in the area is forecasted to exit the region in the next day with slightly increased southwest winds. These winds are also forecasted to push the inversion layer out of the fire area earlier in the day tomorrow which will allow for more aircraft use, but could also increase fire activity," the update said.

Last week, the Mosquito Fire was just over 1,000 acres in size but has continued to grow over the past several days.

The Placer County Sheriff's Office has continued to update residents on the state of the fire as well as urging some residents to evacuate their homes.

In addition to the Mosquito Fire, California is battling the Fairview Fire (28,307 acres), Mountain Fire (13,359 acres) and Mill Fire (3,935 acres).

Newsweek reached out to the Placer County Sheriff's Office for updated information on the Mosquito Fire.