Two massive California wildfires could merge

A wildfire that broke out just south of the massive Rocky Fire doubled in size overnight and has led to new, mandatory evacuations.Some residents were evacuated Wednesday as a 14,000-acre wildfire grew overnight near Northern California’s wine country.

The Jerusalem fire chewed through another 2,000 acres Tuesday night, prompting residents near the Napa and Yolo county lines to flee their homes, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Officials did not say how many people were evacuated.

The blaze burning northeast of Middletown and Hidden Valley Lake spread from Lake to Napa County, fire officials said. Flames nearly merged with the 69,636-acre Rocky fire…