Cal Fire says crews have been aided by unseasonably cool weather, higher humidity levels than normal.
JACKSON – Aided by unseasonably cool weather and higher humidity levels than normal, firefighters on Wednesday made considerable progress in containing the Electra Fire burning along the Amador-Calaveras county line, according to Cal Fire.
“There have been no surprises in any of our operations today and they’ve all been extremely successful,” Pierce said. On Thursday, temperatures will be a couple degrees warmer and humidity levels will drop by a few percentage points. Winds, however, will hover in the 6 to 7 mph range, which Newman said will be “really advantageous for our crews working out there.”
Conditions, as noted by Newman, were more favorable this time around, and with no other major fire activity in the region, the unit was able to call on the entirety of Cal Fire’s firefighting resources. An incident management team was also on hand from the start.The fire is threatening 1,217 structures, according to Cal Fire. So far, no structures have been destroyed or damaged. At least one first responder has been injured on the job.
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