The massive York Fire that ignited in the Mojave National Preserve is almost fully contained after more than a week of expansion in California and Nevada, according to fire officials
The wildfire, which started on July 28 in California’s San Bernardino County and is among dozens burning around the United States, reached 93% containment as of Sunday, according to an update from Inciweb. The York Fire occupies an area of 93,078 acres – mainly in California, where the blaze is the state’s largest wildfire this year, CNN previously reported. Over 9,100 acres are also burning in Clark County, Nevada.
Though firefighters were able to gain some control over the blaze over the past week, their efforts were hindered by extreme conditions as its rapid growth made it tough to control, fire officials said. Firefighters reported the sight of a phenomenon called fire whirls – a spinning column of fire made from a vortex of smoke and flames – as a result of intense heat and turbulent winds combining, according to the Mojave National Preserve.
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