Photos show wildfire burning through historic California Gold Rush town settled by Chinese miners

A forest fire known as 6-5 fire To houses burned in a historic city of the Californian gold rush which was installed around 1850 by Chinese minors. The photos show the quick fire, which quickly spread to more than 10 square miles and grew up without confinement on Wednesday.

The forest fire forced the evacuation on Tuesday of the Chinese camp and the surrounding motorways, according to Calfire, the main fire agency of the State. Other areas were under the evacuation warnings. There was no immediate report of deaths or injuries.

Fire 6-5 was caused by lightning, according to Calfire. This is one of the many fires called the Lightning TCCU complex, which has burned more than 19 squares in several places in the counties of Calaveras and Tuolumne early Wednesday without confinement.

Thousands of people from China came to California during the gold rush and faced a persecution which included an exorbitant tax of foreign minors designed to remove them from mining. The Chinese camp, about 57 miles east of Stockton, was installed by Chinese minors after chasing a neighboring camp, according to the visit of the county of Tuolumne. Initially called Camp Washington, his name was quickly changed to reflect the people who settled there.

At least five houses were burning in the rural city, which has around 60 people, according to data from the US Census Bureau. It has a mixture of autonomous and mobile houses, as well as several abandoned buildings.

Two other major fires forced people to flee: fire 2-2 in the northern corner of the County of Stanislaus and the fire 2-7 just in the east in the county of Calaveras.