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SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - After astir a week of inactivity, the Coffeepot Fire successful Sequoia National Park is backmost and is present burning 100 acres. What caused the initially contained occurrence to airy up again?
On Aug. 3, a lightning-caused occurrence was located successful the southwest country of Sequoia National Park. Officials accidental the occurrence was sized astatine 0.1 acre and it was rapidly contained by occurrence crews.
However, officials study that aft astir a week of nary activity, a burning histrion fell and rolled implicit the containment line, and the occurrence began to grow, reaching 5 acres by Aug. 12. Since then, the occurrence has continued to grow, reaching astir 100 acres arsenic of Aug. 15 owed to ample burning logs rolling downhill and the adust fuels connected the rugged landscape.
As of Aug. 15, parkland officials accidental the occurrence does not presently airs a menace to beingness oregon property. Fire crews are actively moving connected suppression efforts.
On Aug. 14, officials reported the occurrence expanded on the southwestern perimeter arsenic it entered into Bureau of Land Management jurisdiction. At this time, the National Park Service is managing the fire.
Efforts to suppress this wildfire see 70 occurrence personnel, a occurrence engine, 18 helicopters, and aggregate fixed-wing aerial tankers. Officials accidental it is expected that this occurrence volition stay connected the scenery for weeks to come.
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