A weekend weather system could hamper firefighters' efforts battling the week-old Mosquito Fire that's burned more than 66,000 acres, becoming the largest in the state so far this year.
The forecast came as firefighters again prevented flames from entering a mountain town and reported major progress Thursday, just two days after the fire roared back to life and burned structures near Foresthill. Crews on the ground built up containment lines while water-dropping helicopters knocked down hotspots.
RAMSEY CROSSING, CA - SEPTEMBER 15: A firefighter battles flames from the Mosquito Fire on September 15, 2022 in Ramsey Crossing, California. The Mosquito Fire officially became the state's biggest fire of the year and is still only 20 percent contained."It's looking really good on the west end where we had that dramatic increase of fire earlier this week," McLean said Thursday. Flames raced up a drainage ditch into a neighborhood, but firefighters saved all the homes.
Evacuation orders remained for some 11,000 residents because of the unpredictable nature of the winds, McLean said, which typically blow in the direction of several canyons and could rapidly spread flames if gusts pick up. The nearly 106-square-mile blaze on Wednesday surpassed the size of the previous largest conflagration in 2022 - the McKinney Fire - although this season has seen a fraction of last year's wildfire activity so far. area of the San Bernardino Mountains where thunderstorms unleashed rocks, trees and earth that washed away cars, buried homes and affected 3,000 residents in two remote communities.
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