NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – After getting a handle on several large fires around the state last week, firefighters across California faced new firefighting challenges as the new week began.
Nearly 200 fires burned an estimated 2,000 acres last week, and several new incidents began Sunday and Monday, according to Cal Fire's latest Fire Situation Report, which can be seen below.
Cal Fire said the Clover Fire in Shasta County, which began early Monday afternoon, burned 6,740 acres in its first day and was only 5 percent contained.
Also sparking on Monday was the Lyons Fire in San Diego County, which has burned 250 acres and is 10 percent contained, the agency said.
The Morgan Fire in Contra Costa County, which began Sunday afternoon, had burned 3,718 acres by Monday evening and was 20 percent contained, Cal Fire said.
The Angora Fire in Tulare County, which is in the Sequoia National Forest, also began Sunday. Forest officials said the fire has burned 109 acres and is 20 percent contained.
The Rim Fire – the state's largest fire this year – has burned 253,332 acres in and around Yosemite National Park in Tuolumne County since it began Aug. 17, according to the Stanislaus National Forest. That fire is now 80 percent contained.
Cal Fire said the Rim Fire is now the third-largest wildland fire in California's history.
The largest, the Cedar Fire in San Diego County in October 2003, burned 273,246 acres, followed by the August 2012 Rush Fire in Lassen County, which burned 271,911 acres in California and 43,666 acres in Nevada, according to Cal Fire records.
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