He was the second person to die in California wildfires in the space of the week. Tuesday morning, the Goose Fire was listed as 30% contained. Officials said it could have resulted from an escaped campfire.
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It prompted the evacuation of an RV and tent campground off a highway.
No vineyards in wine country are threatened and the fire is about 10 per cent contained.
Officials are reporting 60 percent containment of an 8-square-mile wildfire sparked by lightning on a mountain in northwest Nevada.
Utah firefighters say evacuations have been lifted as they get the upper hand on a small wildfire burning near homes south of Salt Lake City. 700 firefighting personnel are on the scene and it is now five percent contained.
Eastern Oregon residents urged to evacuate over the weekend because of a wildfire were allowed to return home.
They are still trying to figure out who started the fire and are asking for information from campers who were in the area. It was 25 percent contained.
Since erupting on July 22, the fire has blackened almost 46,000 acres (18,600 hectares), destroyed at least 57 homes and claimed the life of a bulldozer operator who died when his tractor rolled over as he helped property owners battle the blaze. Both were started by lightning. But crews fear gusty winds blowing off the Pacific Ocean could fan flames that forced evacuations earlier on tribal lands near Pyramid Lake north of Reno.
Its cause is under investigation.
Authorities are considering what potential penalties face those who set an illegal campfire that ballooned into a massive wildfire near the scenic Big Sur region of California.
The fire started on Sunday about 5 miles southwest of Hamilton and destroyed 14 homes along with dozens of outbuildings and some vehicles.
Ravalli County Sheriff Chris Hoffman says his undersheriff toured the burned area and said it looked like a moonscape.
Most, if not all costs associated with fix or replacement of the 500,000 dollar engine will be paid for from money to fight the fire, according to KCFD.
The fire claimed the life of 35-year-old Fresno County resident Robert Oliver Reagan III, a private contractor who was operating a bulldozer that rolled over last week, according to Cal Fire. The area of the campfire was away from trails and off-limits to hiking.
To the north, a grass fire in a popular recreational area north of San Francisco has more than doubled in size in less than a day.
The blaze has charred more than 6 square miles since igniting Tuesday afternoon. No one has been injured.
Containment of the fires was estimated at about 40 percent.
More than 1,400 firefighters are battling a blaze in southwest Idaho that has grown to 66 square miles and destroyed a state-operated backcountry structure.
The 3.4-square-mile blaze started Saturday and quickly spread through steep, rugged terrain covered with dry vegetation and dead trees.
Fire crews were monitoring high winds and making headway Tuesday afternoon on a large blaze that started Saturday night in south-central Washington on the U.S. Army’s Yakima Training Center. Some fences were damaged, but no homes were lost and people were allowed back into the 39 evacuated homes midday.
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By Wednesday morning, authorities say crews had gained some containment of the fire.
