Thousands of firefighters made steady progress battling the Caldor and Dixie fires, which stretch across swaths of Northern California.
Thousands of firefighters have made steady progress battling two large blazes that stretch across swaths of Northern California.
Farther south, in the area surrounding South Lake Tahoe, the Caldor fire held steady at about 215,400 acres burned and 43% containment. Firefighters in recent days have been working extensively to prevent the fire from destroying the ski resorts and other structures in this heavily trafficked region, which is still under an evacuation order.in fire crews’ favor last week. Much of the fire’s northwestern edge along U.S.
Ernst said firefighters would spend the day doing mop-up work and making sure hot spots didn’t spread and threaten homes. Firefighters had carved containment lines around more than a third of the blaze. “They’ve had a forest clearing initiative for the last nine to 10 years that really cleared out that fuel load,” he said, crediting the U.S. Forest Service with completing both prescribed burns and vegetation-thinning operations.
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