Fueled by a heat wave that exacerbated already hot, dry conditions, the Sugar fire made a huge run Friday, triggering new evacuations for portions of Plumas and Lassen counties.
Like other destructive wildfires this season, the Mountain View fire was plume-dominated. What’s the science behind such clouds?
“But it’s definitely more dangerous of a tactic right now just because of how this fire’s behaving,” she said. “So we have a lot of indirect firefighting efforts happening too. That includes bulldozer line construction around affected communities.”
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