How to resolve AdBlock issue? NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Firefighters on Wednesday continued to raise containment on the wildland fires around the region, which combined have burned more than 100,000 acres.
The region’s largest wildland fire, the County fire, reached 86,000 acres and 27 percent containment by Wednesday evening, according to Cal Fire.
The fire began on Saturday near Guinda in Yolo County before spreading to Napa County.
Cal Fire said firefighters continued aggressive work on Wednesday to build containment lines in challenging conditions.
While Wednesday offered cooler conditions, Cal Fire said the favorable weather did little to diminish fire intensity and it remained active throughout the day.
The number of structures under threat due to the fire has continued to grow and prompted numerous mandatory and advisory evacuations for the fire area.
By Wednesday evening, the number of threatened structures had risen to 1,500, an increase of more 250 since the morning report.
However, shortly after Cal Fire’s evening update on the fire, the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office said that, thanks to the work of firefighters, and in consultation with County fire incident commanders, it was lifting some mandatory evacuations and evacuation advisories east of the Yolo/Napa County Line to State Highway 16 and south of County Road 53 to State Highway 128.
Resource numbers went up for the incident again on Wednesday, with the firefighting force growing to 3,475 firefighters, 309 engines, 41 water tenders, 21 helicopters, 73 hand crews and 73 dozers, Cal Fire said.
Also continuing to burn is the Pawnee fire, located northeast of Clearlake Oaks, which began June 23.
It remained at 15,000 acres and 90-percent containment through the course of Wednesday, Cal Fire said.
The agency said that 1,238 firefighters, 51 engines, 17 water tenders, four helicopters, 23 hand crews and 16 dozers are assigned to the Pawnee incident.
Resources will remain on fire throughout the night to patrol the area looking for, and taking action on, any hot spots or hazards, according to Cal Fire.
In Colusa County, the Stony incident – renamed slightly from “Stoney” earlier in the day – was at 75 acres and 25 percent containment by day’s end, Cal Fire reported.
That fire began in the 2600 block of Lodoga Stonyford Road in Stonyford shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday. Cal Fire said no structures were damaged.
Forward progress on the Stony fire, burning in grass, was stopped on Wednesday afternoon. Cal Fire said crews were continuing to build control lines and conduct heavy mop-up throughout the day.
Resources on that incident by day’s end included 10 engines, two water tenders, two fire crews, one bulldozer and four overhead personnel, Cal Fire reported.
Cal Fire said the causes of all of the fires remain under investigation.
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