In Northern California, containment of the KincadeFire grew to 30%.
Containment of the fire, which grew slightly to 76,825 acres, doubled overnight to 30% on Wednesday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Tuesday night, winds in high terrain reached 60 mph, and in the valleys where the fire is burning, winds blew up to 30 mph, said Spencer Tangen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. By Wednesday morning, the winds had already begun to slow.“We’re not expecting another wind similar to what we’ve seen,” at least until mid-next week,” Tangen said. That will likely help firefighters continue to make progress.
“If we are looking good as far as fire growth this time tomorrow morning, I feel like that cautious optimism will be solidified,” he said. “If we’re not, if we have explosive growth tonight, we have our work cut out for us.”The outcome was in their favor, likely because gusts in the valleys near where the Kincade fire is burning were not as strong and this wind event was weaker than previous ones overall, Tangen said.
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