- FIREFIGHTERS WORKING THE CZU LIGHTNING COMPLEX (THAT HAS DESTROYED MORE THAN 300 STRUCTURES IN SANTA CRUZ AND SAN MATEO COUNTIES) PICKED UP 2 PERCENT MORE CONTAINMENT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON…..WHICH PUT THE 79-THOUSAND 640 ACRE WILDFIRE AT 19 PERCENT
- THE RIVER FIRE BURNING DUE SOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY OF SPRECKELS, IS NOW 43 PERCENT CONTAINED AND YESTERDAY FIREFIGHTERS THERE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE FIRE FROM GAINING ACREAGE SO THAT NUMBER IS STILL AT 48-THOUSAND 424 ACRES. AT LEAST 13 SINGLE RESIDENCES AND 17 OTHER STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED THERE, AND A NUMBER OF PREVIOUSLY EVACUATED ZONES CAN NOW BE RE-POPULATED. EVACUATION ORDERS ARE STILL IN PLACE FOR ZONES 13 AND 14; WHILE EVACUATION WARNINGS ARE IN-PLACE FOR ZONES 16 AND
- FIREFIGHTERS IN THE CARMEL VALLEY WERE ALSO ABLE TO INCREASE THEIR CONTAINMENT OF THE 6,695 ACRE CARMEL FIRE WITHOUT LOSING ACREAGE TO THE WILDFIRE AS OF LAST NIGHT, THE CONTAINMENT THERE WAS LISTED AT 40 PERCENT.
- AS OF LAST NIGHT, THE DOLAN FIRE HAD BURNED 20-THOUSAND 397 ACRES AND WAS AT 15% CONTAINMENT. HOMES IN THE AREAS OF HERMITAGE, PARTINGTON RIDGE, AND LUCIA (loo-SEE-ah) ARE REPORTEDLY STILL THREATENED
