The blaze, dubbed the Rey fire, continues to burn to the north into open terrain and away from populated areas to the south, DePinto said.
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A wind-driven wildfire in central California led to more evacuations and the closure of the Hearst Castle on Saturday.
Nearly 1,900 structures were threatened by an nearly 50-square-mile blaze in San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties, where more than 2,400 people were under evacuation orders, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.
The Spokesman-Review newspaper in Spokane reported at least two other wildfires have erupted in eastern Washington, one of which has scorched about 22,000 acres (8,900 hectares) in Franklin County, about 90 miles (145 km) southwest of Spokane.
Lake Nacimiento resident Richard Coffey said Sunday that backfires were being lit to protect his neighborhood. It’s one of four fires burning in Yellowstone, and warm, windy weather was expected again Monday.
But the iconic estate that was the inspiration for the Xanadu estate in the 1941 Orson Welles movie “Citizen Kane” – and much of the rest of parched San Luis Obispo County – continued to be threatened by a fire that has already forced the evacuation of hundreds of homeowners from communities around Lake Nacimiento.
Hearst Castle was closed over the weekend, though officials say the fire is growing in the opposite direction of the popular tourist attraction.
Authorities say a wildfire that has burned some homes west of Spokane, Washington, doubled in size overnight as it raged uncontained.
Meanwhile, a 58-square-mile fire that destroyed 105 homes in Southern California is nearly entirely contained and all evacuation orders have been lifted.
He added that an undetermined number of homes and buildings were believed to have been lost in the nearby town of Wellpinit on the Spokane Indian Reservation. The town also lost power, making the battle by firefighters more hard.
Public tours of Hearst’s 124-room “vacation home”, Casa Grande, were initially suspended on Saturday as flames neared the estate, marking the first major fire threat to the landmark property since the 1960s, parks spokesman Dennis Weber said.
A helicopter flies past Hearst Castle on its way to fight a wildfire in San Simeon, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016.
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Built in 1919, the Hearst Castle is the site of a museum and state park that houses a large European art and antiques collection.
