SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – Firefighters have contained part of California's largest active wildfire for the first time, all while the blaze's growth has slowed in recent days.
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CAL FIRE announced on Wednesday night that the McKinney Fire burning in Siskiyou County near the California-Oregon border was 10% contained at 57,519 acres, not having grown since the state agency's report earlier that day. Officials credited rain on Tuesday night with dampening the blaze.
Overnight rains helped tame the fire's growth, allowing officials to downgrade evacuation orders in Yreka and Hawkinsville to warnings. The Yreka Police Department said in a press release, however, that this shouldn't be treated as "a full opening."
"The fire is still a danger to Yreka. If you have a place to stay, please stay there," Yreka Police Chief Mark Gilman wrote, adding that residents must be prepared to evacuate "at a moment's notice."
Gilman said the weather out look "is not as we hoped," but he was optimistic that areas surrounding the fire could be "out of the woods" in the coming days.
Since igniting last Friday, the McKinney Fire has killed at least four people. CAL FIRE officials on Wednesday said that damage inspectors were on the scene to determine how many structures were destroyed. More than 4,500 structures were threatened as of Wednesday night.
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