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| Changes in fires clear valley skies |
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| Written by Staff report | |
| Wednesday, 12 September 2007 | |
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A 47,760-acre fire in the hills southwest of Patterson finally was extinguished early Tuesday, after burning more than a week. The Lick Fire, started Sept. 3 by a blaze in a burn barrel that got out of control burned in Henry Coe State Park, helped sour air quality in the Central Valley to the east. Meanwhile, the massive Moonlight Fire in Plumas National Forest, which caused the bulk of the valley’s air quality problems, continued to cause wreckage Tuesday, consuming more than 63,000 acres. However, the smoke, which had been hanging over the Central Valley, was instead blowing east into the Nevada area. “We’re not seeing an impact from the Moonlight Fire,” said San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District spokeswoman Maricela Velasquez. Still, she said, some smoke could remain in parts of the valley, and valley residents could see more problems in if the wind direction changes. The Moonlight Fire was only 28 percent contained as of Tuesday. Meanwhile, local firefighters at the Lick Fire have all returned home, said Division Chief Jeff Gregory of the West Stanislaus Fire Protection District. The district sent one firefighter from Newman, and five firefighters from the Patterson Fire Department to battle the blaze.
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