More than a dozen wildfires have broken out in California in the past few days. The worst of those by far is the Post Fire which is located north of Los Angeles. The Post Fire has already burned more than 15,000 acres.
Firefighters increased their containment of a large wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles on Monday after a weekend of explosive, wind-driven growth along Interstate 5.
The Post Fire was 8% surrounded after scorching more than 24 square miles (61 square kilometers) and forcing the evacuation of at least 1,200 campers, off-roaders and hikers from the Hungry Valley recreation area on Saturday.
“That 8% is good because it means we are increasing and bolstering our containment lines,” said Kenichi Haskett, a Los Angeles County Fire Department section chief.
The LA Times has more on the effort to contain the fire and some of the damage it has already done.
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