The U.S. Forest Service will reimburse the state for all costs associated with crew deployments, Martin said.
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Both the Rocky and Jerusalem fires remain under investigation by Cal Fire.
The national news has, per usual, been making it sound to most of the country like all of California is on fire, and between the 4,000 convicted felons now fighting the fires and the thousands of square miles scorched, we may as well write the state off as a loss in 2015.
In Mendocino County, where there is now no major fire, some residents may have been thinking, “where’s that smoke coming from?” A strong wind changed Friday afternoon, sending the fire east into south Chelan and across the Columbia River into Douglas County.
The County Line 2 Fire started last week when a trailer lost a tire on Highway 26 near the Warm Springs Reservation.
The MAFFS are specially-equipped C-130 military cargo planes used to drop fire retardant on wildfire areas.
Several roads in the area, including Boulder Pass, remain closed.
This, he added, is in support of the National Interagency Fire Center’s efforts to fight fires throughout Northern California.
“The toughest part is seeing the community and the need that’s there, people are concerned for their homes and livelihoods”, says Adam Kling, a firefighter from Duncannon, Perry County.
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Authorities called the Wragg Fire 80 percent contained and turned their attention to other threats. 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.
