Delta fire scorches more than 15,000 acres in California's Shasta County, forces evacuation

Stan Kulak was waiting outside his Northern California home for his brother to finish packing when he spotted 200-foot flames burning through pine trees along Interstate 5.

Those in the line of the fire, like Kulak, knew they needed to leave quickly.

The 71-year-old had been napping minutes earlier when his brother, Skip, alerted him that a wildfire was rapidly approaching their homes. For more than 20 years, the family has lived on 40 acres behind the Pollard Flat restaurant and gas station, about 36 miles north of Redding.

Kulak rushed to pack his laptop, two family heirlooms - an old wooden clock that