Delta fire in Northern California

Crews from Yocha Dehe Fire Department work Friday to put out a grass fire along I-5 at Earl Sholes Memorial Bridge near Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

Firefighter Tyler Benson throws a flare to start a back fire as the the Delta fire burns along Pollard Camp Road north of Redding.

Firefighters monitor the Delta Fire along Interstate 5 north of Redding, Calif.

Firefighters struggle to contain backfire in the Pollard Flat area of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

Old vintage trucks burned from the Delta Fire along Salt Creek Road north of Redding, Calif.

Interstate 5 is empty in Lamoine because of the Delta fire, which has burned more than 22,000 acres in Northern California.

A statue remains at a home destroyed by the Delta fire in Lamoine.

A burned bicycle is seen among the ruins of a smoldering home destroyed by the Delta fire in Lamoine.

Embers fly above a firefighter as he hustles to control a backfire as the Delta fire burns in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

Flames from a backfire surround a fire truck in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest on Thursday.

A firefighter passes a backfire Thursday in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

Crews monitor a backfire Thursday while battling the Delta Fire in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

A scorched VW Beetle rests in a clearing after the Delta Fire burned through the Lamoine community in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Calif.

A home leveled by the Delta Fire rests in a clearing in Pollard Flat area of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

California Highway Patrol Capt. Mark Loveless examines a truck scorched by the Delta fire burning along Interstate 5 in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

A crane lifts a truck scorched by the Delta fire on Interstate 5 in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. The highway remains closed to traffic in both directions as crews battle the blaze.

A scorched truck rests on Interstate 5 as the Delta Fire burns in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

An abandoned smoldering truck rests along Interstate 5 after the Delta fire tore through the region and jumped the road in Delta.

A firefighter sprays down a burned big rig that was abandoned along Interstate 5 as the Delta fire tore through the region.

Firetrucks pass the Delta fire burning in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.

Fire surrounds an intersection during the Delta fire.

Light from a train is seen as it rounds a bend near the Sacramento River as flames from the Delta fire fill a valley in Delta.