Cal Fire claims that now the Heat Fire near Lake Tahoe is better controlled

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The growth of fire burning along the California-Nevada border has slowed significantly. During the 24-hour period between Friday night and Saturday night, the fire grew only 842 acres, according to CNN’s analysis of Cal Fire’s information. This is a long way from its explosive start, when the flame grew to almost 100,000 acres in its first week.
Firefighters ’efforts are now focused on the cleanup operation and continue to strengthen and maintain containment lines, Said Cal Fire, rather than the blunt suppression efforts of the early days of the fire.

As the situation evolves, some of the evacuation orders have been downgraded to 214,112-acre gunpowder, which now stands at 43%, according to Cal Fire. Containment increased by 11 percentage points over the previous day. The fire is expected to be completely contained by Sept. 27, the agency said Sunday.

On Saturday, officials in Douglas, Nevada County downgraded their mandatory evacuations to preventive evacuation notices and lifted evacuation warnings that were in place, according to an announcement posted on the county website. The move opens the door for some residents to start returning home.
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In some parts of El Dorado County, California, evacuation orders were lowered and evacuation warnings were also lifted, according to a communicated by Cal Fire.
In the city of South Lake Tahoe, California, mandatory evacuation orders did not change. They are still in place with all roads closed, the city said on Facebook.

The Caldor fire is just one of the massive fires that have erupted across the American West this summer due to a severe drought in the region.

“Significant above-normal fire potential is expected to continue through September in much of the northwest, the Northern Rockies and the northern portions of the Great Basin and Rocky Mountain geographic areas,” he wrote. the National Interagency Fire Center last month.

As of Saturday, more than 14,690 troops were on the front lines of 13 major wildfires, Ca lFire said.

Meanwhile, a firefighter destined to fight the massive Dixie fire has died due to an illness, the agency said.

The Dixie fire has been burning in northern California for more than a month and a half. As of Sunday morning, the fire had approximately 894,000 acres and 56% was contained. Earlier, the agency reported three first responders who fought the fire of injuries, but did not report any civilian casualties or injuries.

There are 3,820 troops assigned to this incident, which is burning in five counties and has grown to become the second largest fire in California history.

CNN’s Aya Elamroussi and Eric Levenson contributed to this report.

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