The so-called Soberanes Fire, which erupted on July 22 on the U.S. state’s famed Big Sur coast, was sparked in a section of Garrapata State Park.
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The blaze, about the size of San Francisco, has also scared away tourists who are cancelling bookings after fire officials warned that crews will likely be battling a wildfire raging in steep, forested ridges just to the north for another month. That fire was 93 percent contained Sunday, nine days after it broke out in suburban Santa Clarita and spread into the mountainous Angeles National Forest, officials said.
Federal and tribal officials reported progress Wednesday battling two large wildfires pushed by dry gusty winds through remote rangeland and rugged mountain canyons in northwestern Nevada.
Firefighters in recent days have gotten an upper hand in the wildfire’s hard-to-reach areas by lighting fires from the containment boundaries toward the advancing flames.
Residents in some rural areas have been told to prepare to evacuate quickly if necessary.
About 50 miles north, a wildfire in the scenic Poodle Mountain Wilderness Study Area has burned almost 8 square miles.
Carey corrected earlier reports about the number of structures lost during the weekend in and around the shoreline town of Sutcliffe – three unoccupied mobile homes in Sutcliffe, two inoperable vehicles and one unoccupied house and several outbuildings at nearby Hardscrabble ranch.
That fire started Saturday and by Monday had grown to over 3 square miles with just 20 percent of it surrounded by firefighters.
(Scott) Cali Fire Law enforcement has spent over 150 hours really combing through debris, talking to individuals and were able to determine the cause of the Soberanes fire and that was an illegal unattended camp fire.
Crews plan to build fire lines and use previous wildfire burn scars to try to prevent the fire from moving farther north. It was about 10 percent contained. It has since scorched about 2,020 acres and is threatening 400 structures, prompting evacuations in the area, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Officials say they don’t yet know how many structures have burned or the amount of land. Officials said it could have resulted from an escaped campfire.
Shelters have been set up for people and livestock from about two dozen evacuated residences.
In Bridger-Teton National Forest, a fire that has burned about 46 square miles was 84 percent contained.
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The evacuation was ordered all homes north and northeast of Road 10 and H-NE.
