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BREAKING: #CarrFire in northern Calif. has jumped the Sacramento River and evacuations are in place the Redding area. nbcnews.to/2LBOzi1 - @ActionNewsNow

@ActionNewsNow #CarrFire evacuation center information update from Cal Fire.

@ActionNewsNow Caltrans District 2: SR 299W westbound closure has been moved back to Court Street; all ramps from I-5 to SR 44W (SB & NB) are being closed into downtown Redding due to #CarrFire.

@ActionNewsNow WATCH: Large plumes of smoke rise from #CarrFire. (Video by @PBandJammers)

@ActionNewsNow @PBandJammers CHP: #CarrFire "is creating a huge wind vacuum and moving very rapidly toward west Redding ... If you see heavy smoke or flames and feel threatened, leave. Don’t wait for evacuation calls."

@ActionNewsNow @PBandJammers JUST IN: Cal Fire: Dozer operator working #CarrFire in northern Calif. has died.

@ActionNewsNow @PBandJammers AP: Scott McLean, a spokesman for crews battling the #CarrFire, says the fire has burned dozens of homes in the communities of Shasta, Keswick, and the west side of Redding, a city of about 92,000 people, and is “taking everything down in its path.”