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Today, firefighters announced progress in their fight against forest fires that ravaged some of northern California's most picturesque areas, including the two flames that tore vineyards and hills covered with rain. scrub and threatened some 10,000 homes. Mendocino and Lake counties burned 10 houses along 300 square kilometers of rural land.
Fire crews managed to slow the spread of one of the flames in populated areas and the fire spread into the Mendocino National Forest. The Cal Fire Battalion Chief, John Messina, said at a community meeting in Lake County
that he urged people to remain vigilant because fires can easily jump over containment lines
. Incident Commander Bret Gouvea said he was cautiously optimistic about this progress, reported Redding's Record-Searchlight newspaper.
"We are turning around," he said, adding that he hates "saying these things".
The Carr fire is now confined to 20%, one of eight major fires in the state.
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Evacuation orders were in place in the town of Lakeport, which has a population of 4,700, as well as in some small communities and part of the national forest.
In all, some 15,000 people were warned to flee, said firefighters.
Lakeport, north of San Francisco, is the county seat and a popular destination for anglers and boaters on the shores of Clear Lake.
But on Tuesday, it was a ghost town, the main streets deserted.
A few miles away, embers, ashes and smoke swirled through the vineyards where at least one house had gone into flames.
Firefighters ignite the flames at the bottom of the hills to burn dry scrub before the flames reach the top of the ridges and can feed and run down the slopes.
A fleet of aircraft was producing continuous drops of water and flame retardants, filling the air with the roar of their engines.
Nearly 60 large fires are not confined in 14 states.
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But not everyone has considered the orders to evacuate.
Derick Hughes II stayed on his property in Nice, California, where he threw sprinklers on his roof and removed plants that could ignite
. The 32-year-old Marine Corps veteran sent his wife and two daughters to safety with three personal effects cars.
But he said that he had too much at stake to leave.
He bought his three-bedroom house last year using a loan from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
"It's all that I've bled, and I've worked very hard to get to where I am, and I'm not ready to give up so easily," was he says on the phone.
"Some people may think that it's selfish on my part, and I have insurance, but I prefer not to do it again."
About 160 kilometers to the north Police said five people had been arrested.The Carr Fire, which burned over 880 homes and killed six people, became the ninth most destructive fire in California's history, said the door. Cal Fire, Scott McLean.
The fire also destroyed 311 outbuildings and damaged 165 homes.
More than 27,000 people were evacuated from their homes, but another 10,000 were allowed to return on Tuesday then firefighters were reinforcing their lines in the west.
The fire was 27%
These fires were part of the 17 fires throughout the state, where firefighter crews were at an end.
Firefighters from 10 other states help fight fires.
In Riverside County, east of Los Angeles, an arson attack that destroyed seven homes last week was controlled by 82% on Tuesday.
Fire crews also battled many small bushfires this summer. most build only a few acres, but still threaten homes in areas built along the dry foothills. A 10-acre fire damaged 13 homes and apartments Tuesday in Santa Clarita, northwest of Los Angeles, said fire officials
McLean claiming there was no guarantee of safety in a state ravaged by years of drought.
"Anything can happen anywhere, that's the nature of the beast for all those fires," he said.
"The vegetation is so dry that there is only a spark to make it work."
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