County officials concerned over burn scars amid heavy rainfall

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Rain covered Central California connected Tuesday. It was a stark quality from the flames and fume that covered the country not agelong ago.

As rainfall continues to fall, there's interest implicit pain scars creating issues similar a mudslide.

From Madera to Fresno County, officials are keeping a adjacent oculus connected worrisome areas.

"Some of the things we'll bash is we person deputies instal surveillance cameras connected those systems truthful we tin spot if there's immoderate ungraded movement. As well, we'll really spell retired determination and bash carnal checks to spot if there's immoderate movement," said Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue.

Almost 10 years aft the Serpa Fire successful 2016, Mattie Fhy Road is inactive a interest to the Sheriff's Office. And miles southbound successful Fresno, officials are besides connected precocious alert from much caller pain scars.

"We're looking astatine the Basin Fire from past twelvemonth and the Garnett occurrence that we conscionable had this year. In a batch of ways, they overlap. But the communal denominator betwixt the 2 fires is of people Balch Camp wherever the hydroelectric works for PG&E is," said Fresno County Emergency Manager, Terri Mejorado.

Fresno County collects information from antithetic agencies to evaluate.

Officials said it's past utilized to find the severity of the tempest and however it could interaction pain scars.

"The trees, the roots, the shrub that's truly determination to clasp the ungraded back- they're gone- origin the occurrence has wiped a batch of those shrubs away," said Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig.

There were reports of insignificant issues similar debris connected roadways but the region readying up has helped support radical safe.

"Our crews were staged and they're gonna proceed to enactment hard to marque definite arsenic we get much rainfall events successful the weeks to come, present that soils are truly saturated, that they support the residents of Fresno County," said Nathan Magsig.

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