Big new wildfires challenged California firefighters even as they better contained earlier blazes that erupted as dry north winds arrived over the weekend.
A heat advisory is in effect for WNY until 8 p.m. Thursday. The heat index will range from 95 to 100 degrees.Firefighter Chris Fritz works to keep the Aero Fire from spreading through the Copperopolis community of Calaveras County, Calif., on Monday, June 17, 2024.
Evacuations were ordered after the Aero Fire erupted Monday and spread over more than 8 square miles near Copperopolis, a small community in Calaveras County, about 100 miles east of San Francisco in the state's historic Gold Country region.Three structures were destroyed and one was damaged, said the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. A decrease in winds and a rise in relative humidity overnight helped firefighters gain 20% containment.
In the northern Central Valley, a blaze dubbed the Sites Fire erupted Monday afternoon and spread over nearly 16 square miles of rural Colusa County about 105 miles north of San Francisco. There was no containment as of Tuesday morning. “The crews have been working really hard out here,” Haack said during a Tuesday afternoon briefing. “They’ve got a lot of it cleaned up, mopped up, putting out the smoke.”
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