NEW: Swelling Mosquito Fire surpasses 60,000 acres to become California's largest wildfire this year
Lighter southwesterly winds than Tuesday helped clear some of the air in fire-affected areas and firefighters were holding the Mosquito Fire inside control lines with the help of cooler temperatures and higher humidity, according to Cal Fire's incident report."The fire remains active on this eastern front, steadily burning and advancing in heavy unburned fuels," Cal Fire said.
The "number one priority" was "strengthening and securing the southwest corner of the fire to protect and defend the communities of Foresthill and Todd Valley.": 91 large fires were burning on Wednesday across eight states in the Western U.S. — including 10 in California, according to the