Late spring rains no lightning storms and aggressive firefighting helped, but risk will increase in coming months
The Oak Fire, which began Friday afternoon and is burning through rural communities in Mariposa County about 10 miles west of Yosemite National Park, is the kind of fire that firefighters had been worried about as California struggles through a third year of severe drought.
How long the Oak Fire will burn is unknown. But risks statewide are certain to increase, fire experts say, as summer continues. It also rained a few times in June. Not enough to break the drought or fill reservoirs, but enough to increase soil moisture and boost moisture levels in grasses, plants and shrubs.
When fires have started, the state’s main firefighting agency, Cal Fire, and the U.S. Forest Service, along with other agencies have attacked them with large numbers of aircraft and firefighters.
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