The U.S. Forest Service will reimburse the state for all costs associated with crew deployments, Martin said.
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In other words, both Rocky and Jerusalem have been essentially smothered, ending long weeks of evacuations and destruction for some in Lake County.
A small fire also broke out on Sunday in Los Angeles County, just west of Lancaster, called the Warm Fire, which has burned 300 acres and is 75 percent contained. On Monday, Cal Fire competed their initial damage assessment and cut the number of homes presumed destroyed by Jerusalem from nine to six. Little change in fires Monday.
There are more than 12,000 firefighters battling 18 major blazes in the state, according to Cal Fire.
A brush fire near a riverbed in Montebello was 80 percent contained at 370 acres, and a 45-year-old man was under arrest on suspicion of arson.
The MAFFS are specially-equipped C-130 military cargo planes used to drop fire retardant on wildfire areas.
Here is the latest update Monday on the most significant fires in Northern California.
Fork Complex: Multiple fires totalling 32,698 acres in Trinity County south of Hayfork, 52 percent contained.
Elsewhere in the same forest, a fire that broke out Friday in the San Gabriel Mountains north of suburban Glendora was 84 percent contained after burning 2½-square miles.
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Also on Monday, the NIFC said it was mobilizing 200 active-duty soldiers from Washington to help in the firefighting efforts. That fire has reached 21,000 acres as of Tuesday, forcing the closure of a number of campgrounds and the evacuation of the Black Rock Reservoir region.
