LOS ANGELES: Firefighters have made some progress reining in a blaze in a Southern California canyon, but faced more high winds and low humidity on Friday that threatened to stoke the flames which had forced thousands to leave their homes.
The Bond Fire was less than a third contained after it broke out on Wednesday on the road for which it is named and quickly engulfed much of Silverado Canyon, driven by strong Santa Ana winds.
“Continued mapping of the Bond fire has it at 7,375 acres with 30% containment,” fire officials in Orange county said https://twitter.com/OCFA_PIO/status/1335068003856084995 on Twitter, or an area of 2,985 hectares.
“Firefighters worked through the night extinguishing hot spots, mopping up around structures and stopping the forward spread of this fire,” county fire official Paul Holaday said in a video posted to Twitter.
Air and ground units were focused on protecting the canyon communities of Silverado, Santiago, Williams and Modjesca, he added.
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