La Brea fire
The fire grew by only 679 acres over the last 24 hours, which is much less than the 10,000 or so it was adding each day for a while. There is still some open line on the east and northeast sides, and firefighters are picking portions of the fire that have burned into the 2-year old Zaca fire area.
There are still a lot of resources assigned to the fire:
- 126 crews
- 56 dozers
- 12 helicopters
The fire has burned 87,490 acres and is 75% contained.
Lockheed fire
The fire has slowed, but it is certainly not out yet. Evan left a comment on another Wildfire Today post this afternoon, referring to smoke:
Wow. I can barely see 3 blocks ahead of myself in downtown Santa Cruz.
CalFire says the fire has burned 7,017 acres and it is 65% contained, and:
The Community of Swanton remains under a mandatory evacuation order. No evacuation orders for Bonny Doon. The evacuation order of the Bonny Doon community area was lifted at 3:00 PM on August 16, 2009. This allowed approximately 2200 residents to return home.
CalFire estimates full containment will be obtained on Thursday and it should be controlled by August 30.
