Crews are digging in and burning out fire lines amid fears that another round of high winds will bring renewed fury to a Northern California wildfire.
PLACERVILLE, Calif. — Crews were digging in and burning out fire lines amid fears that another round of high winds on Saturday will bring renewed fury to a Northern California wildfire.
The highway was closed after debris from the blaze fell onto the roadway and because of red flag warnings for 20- to 30-mph winds that could gust to 40 mph throughout Saturday. Firefighters made progress on the fire’s western side and burned vegetation to starve it of fuel and prevent the flames from heading into the evacuated community of Pollock Pines. On the northeast side, crews were protecting cabins in the dense forest area, fire officials said.
The fires, mainly in the northern part of the state, have burned nearly 1.5 million acres, or roughly 2,300 square miles and have sent smoke as far as the East Coast. They were burning in grass, brush and forest that is exceptionally dry from two years of drought likely exacerbated by climate change.
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