Latest News: A California wildfire briefly stops the highway

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The latest on the wildfires around the west (all local weather):

7:45 pm

A new wildfire is triggered Northern California closing a highway briefly on Sunday night

The 500-acre Grant Fire was ignited near Interstate 580 at the pass from Altamont, about 40 miles east of Oakland. The San Francisco newspaper reports that westbound lanes reopened at about 7 pm

Cal Fire officials say the fire is confined to 20%

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A driver told the Chronic that he could feel the warmth inside his car

Meanwhile, firefighters near the line of the state of Oregon have made progress on the Klamathon fire, which is 25% content. The fire killed a woman in her house and destroyed 72 structures, including houses.

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18:45

Firefighters make significant progress on a California wildfire that has burned more than a dozen structures and blackened over 141 square miles (365 square kilometers).

The so-called County Fire, which erupted on June 30, is now 65 percent content. It threatens nearly 100 structures and evacuation orders are still in effect.

Cal Fire officials say flames in Napa and Yolo counties burn on steep, inaccessible terrain

Meanwhile, Colorado firefighters battled lightning while battling a fire that burned about 20 square miles. The Weston Pass fire is a little over half contained

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3:20 pm

Firefighters make progress on a forest fire that burned over 130 homes and blacked out nearly 170 miles Square Investigators claim that an illegal campfire unleashed the fire east of Fort Garland on June 27 and that it became the third most important in history of the state. He also forced the evacuation of more than 2,000 homes.

Jesper Joergensen, a 52-year-old Danish man, first stated that he had lit a fire to burn garbage on land where he lived in a motorhome. He then said that he had grilled in a permanent home the day before the start of the fire.

Immigration and customs agents claim that Joergensen lives illegally in the country

The fire is 55% contained.

Meanwhile, firefighters were enjoying rain showers and increased moisture in their fight against a forest fire that has been burning for more than a month near Durango in the Southwest Colorado. This fire burned about 220 square kilometers and is confined to 50%

Firefighters are facing several major forest fires in Colorado.

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10:30

A California firefighter seriously injured in one of the many flames that burn in the state raised nearly $ 30,000.

A Gofundme page raised money in less than 24 hours for firefighter Cal Fire Brandon Feller. He was wounded on July 5 in the Klamathon fire on the border between California and Oregon.

A photo of Feller at the hospital, displayed on the page, shows that he suffered severe facial burns

his injuries and his fellow firefighters say that he is good mood.

The page indicates that any money raised will help Feller to support himself in the coming year, as he makes most of his money by working overtime. A fireman

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9:45

The authorities allow more residents of Utah to return home after a fire fueled by the wind forced them to flee.

Duchesne (doo-SHAYNE & # 39;) The reservoir near Strawberry Reservoir is now confined to 30%, compared to 25% on Saturday.

Authorities opened the burned area near a popular fishing lake 130 km southeast of Salt Lake City. like a stretch of road. 19659051] They say that the forest fire has charred about 75 square miles and destroyed 90 structures, including houses, huts, sheds and garages, since July 1 in the mountains.

The authorities believe that human activity has lit the fire, but an exact cause has not been determined.

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8:30 am

Firefighters were able to build a containment around several devastating forest fires that burned in California.

A 124-square-kilometer fire on the California-Oregon border, known as the Klamathon Fire, is now contained at 25%. This is one of many fires burning in drought-stricken states in the western United States.

The fire killed a woman at home and destroyed 72 structures, including houses

Crews built at least 80% containment. He destroyed 20 homes in Santa Barbara County and a central fire in San Diego County that burned 18 structures.

The state's largest fire, the county's 577 km, is contained at 57%. It has destroyed 10 structures since it broke out on June 30th.

Other major fires in the state are close to being completely contained.