Fast-Spreading Pack Fire Damages More Than a Dozen Structures as It Explodes in Size

A fast-spreading blaze, dubbed the Pack fire, had scorched https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/11/13/pack-fire 3,400 acres in California's Mono County by Thursday evening, November 13, damaging a dozen structures in its path. According to https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/11/13/pack-fire Cal Fire , the Pack Fire ignited at 12:25 pm and had grown to 3,400 acres by 6:40 pm. Fire officials https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/11/13/pack-fire/updates/74dd5820-e4fd-48dc-ad58-4517534f385e confirmed 15 structures had already been damaged by the wildfire in about six hours, while 30 more structures remained threatened by the blaze. The Long Valley and McGill Creek communities were ordered to evacuate, while Crowley Lake residents were preparing to be escorted back beginning at 8 pm, as a previously issued evacuation order was downgraded to a warning, the county's https://www.facebook.com/MonoSheriff/posts/pfbid0sFpzDX7KsuDGhpzBgoerEiw6B8n9px7d5kqErS7tRx15Ar7vRdA9Zb1k1LNVkditl sheriff's office announced . Due to 'extreme weather,' air tankers were grounded and unavailable to assist in the firefight, according to the https://www.facebook.com/inyonf/posts/pfbid033953esB5coFe415qqoyY8KNLL2nnksky9ZQv684bDUaLv8T7dgTYGutoCsCa5of7l US Forest Service . Footage captured from US-365 by Marcelo C Chavez shows flames rising from the flank of a hill, filling the air with dark smoke. (Footage by Marcelo C Chavez/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)