"No acreage growth overnight as fire personnel made good headway in their fire fighting efforts. Because of this progress, repopulation planning efforts are ongoing", the department said in a Saturday fire incident update, posted on its official Twitter account.
#KincadeFire off John Kincade Road and Burned Mountain Road, northeast of Geyserville in Sonoma County is 77,758 acres and 72% contained. https://t.co/0lE746SI6V @CALFIRELNU pic.twitter.com/imvMjOe5HS
— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) November 2, 2019
The Kincade Fire in Sonoma Country (the largest of the current active fire incidents in California) is 72 percent contained, the 46th Street fire in Riverside County in 85 percent contained, the West Easy Street fire in Ventura County is 95 percent contained, the Burris Fire in Mendocino County is 96 percent contained, and the Hill Fire in Riverside Country is 95 percent contained, Cal Fire said in a series of Saturday Twitter updates.
The only fire that remains strong is the Maria Fire, near the cities of Ventura and Oxnard outside of Los Angeles. According to California firefighters, it is only 20 percent contained, as of Saturday, and is burning across 38 square kilometres (14,67 square miles).
The #MariaFire exploded across South Mountain as these big rigs maneuvered past the flames https://t.co/fOGlpgVXbz pic.twitter.com/JkfLRhSwo3
— KTLA (@KTLA) November 1, 2019
At the end of last week, strong winds contributed to the spread of fires in California and gave rise to a new blaze - the Maria Fire. By the end of Friday, the weather conditions started to improve.
Thousands of people had to leave their homes in California in October amid raging wildfires. Massive power shutoffs have been introduced. California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a state of emergency and said that the state could take over Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), which has been criticized for its faulty power infrastructure and widespread blackouts enforced in October.
