Big new wildfires challenged California firefighters Tuesday even as they increased containment of earlier blazes that erupted as dry north winds arrived over the weekend.
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.Authorities set up three evacuation centers, but the number of evacuees was unknown.Three structures were destroyed and one was damaged, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.
In the mountains of northern Los Angeles County, the size of the 4-day-old Post Fire was unchanged at just over 24 square miles, and containment increased overnight to 24%."Control lines were tested with wind gusts of up to 40 mph, and poor relative humidity recovery," the fire command’s morning update said.Firefighters were building and reinforcing fire control lines and protecting infrastructure such as power facilities, oil lines and recreational areas.
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