‘You Can See Retardant All Over These Hillsides’: Firefighters Aggressively Attacking Bridge Fire Near Auburn

PLACER COUNTY (CBS13) — Hundreds of firefighters are battling the Bridge Fire conscionable extracurricular Auburn connected Monday.

“Yesterday we had upwards of 9 aerial tankers and 5 helicopters,” said Cal Fire Chief Brian Estes.

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They were warring from the aerial and the crushed arsenic crews continued to conflict the Bridge Fire.

“You tin spot retardant each implicit these hillsides,” Estes said. “Just truly immoderate assertive initial-attack firefighting.”

The occurrence started Sunday day on a way adjacent the northbound fork of the American River. About 700 radical astatine the Auburn State Recreation Area had to beryllium evacuated.

People who unrecorded successful the country admit the majestic beauty, but besides respect the information this clip of year.

“We are ever nervous. It’s a small unsettling for sure,” said Noah Markoff.

Markoff and his woman were retired hiking the hillside beneath their location connected Monday with their dog, acceptable to go.

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“Our bags are ever packed each summertime long,” helium said.

They are nary alien to evacuations.

“We bash person a telephone histrion and cheque successful with everyone and marque definite they are acceptable to go,” Markoff said. “We ever person a program successful spot successful case, God forbid, thing should happen.”

Even though the occurrence was lone 5 percent contained arsenic of Monday morning, authorities did not deliberation immoderate homes would beryllium evacuated.

But officials accidental they are not retired of the woods conscionable yet.

“It means we person secured those lines – and we person crews actively moving connected strengthening and reinforcing those lines, mopping up truthful we bash not person thing flight that containment,” Estes said.

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As of aboriginal Monday afternoon, the Bridge Fire has burned a full of 300 acres.

Rachel Wulff