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2 bodies found in McKinney Fire By Mail Tribune staff Updated: Aug 01, 2022 08:04 AM A A Flames from the McKinney Fire burn beyond firefighters in Klamath National Forest Sunday. [AP photo] Fire personnel found two bodies Sunday morning inside a vehicle that was burned in the path of the McKinney Fire, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office reported Monday morning. The vehicle, found at about 9:57 a.m., was in a residential driveway along Doggett Creek Road, which is off of Highway 96, west of the community of Klamath River, California. The identities of the deceased were not released pending notification of next of kin. Early Monday morning two people were arrested within the McKinney Fire evacuation zone and booked into the Siskiyou County Jail. One suspect was booked for possession of burglary tools and the other for burglary within an evacuation zone, the sheriff’s office reported. Police said they planned to continue a heavy presence within the fire evacuation zone. The McKinney started Friday night about six miles south of the Oregon border northwest of Yreka. On Sunday morning the fire was reported at more than 51,000 acres with no containment. A new fire was reported Monday in Siskiyou County. The Meamber Fire, located on Meamber Creek Road and Scott River Road, northwest of Fort Jones, California, was reported at 40 acres, according to a news advisory from CAL Fire.