Caldor Fire Now 100% Contained; Large Trees May Smolder Well Into Winter

EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) — The Caldor Fire is present afloat contained, authorities say.

On Thursday, the interagency absorption squad handling the incidental announced that crews had reached 100 percent containment of the wildfire.

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Firefighters person been battling the Caldor Fire since Aug. 14.

In total, the occurrence burned 221,835 acres – making it the 15th largest occurrence successful recorded California history.

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While present afloat contained, authorities accidental immoderate communities successful the Caldor Fire country whitethorn inactive spot firefighters implicit the adjacent fewer weeks arsenic enactment is inactive ongoing to repair occurrence lines.

Further, officials enactment that the being contained is conscionable the archetypal of 3 phases that awesome the extremity of a ample firefight. Firefighters accidental large-diameter trees and stump holes are expected to smolder – adjacent good into wintertime months. Once a occurrence is contained, the adjacent signifier is controlled – wherever firefighters are assured flames volition not breach the containment line.

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Wildfires are lone considered afloat retired erstwhile determination are nary blistery embers, nary smoke, and nary occurrence wrong the perimeter.

CBS13 Staff