Fire crews stay busy as multiple fires spark in the Central Valley

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fire crews were engaged each crossed Madera and Fresno County Saturday, responding to assorted fires.

Madera County firefighters were mopping up astatine this spot connected Marciel Avenue aft a occurrence burned 3 acres conscionable aft 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Firefighters accidental the flames started due to the fact that a spot proprietor was welding outside. 10 vehicles and 2 boats were damaged successful the fire.

"Firefighters made a good, assertive onslaught and were capable to support 3 structures astir the property," Madera County Fire Battalion Chief Frank Johnson said.

The occurrence did endanger respective structures connected the property, but nary of them were damaged.

As crews rushed to enactment the occurrence out, the winds affected firefighting efforts.

"10-12 mph doesn't dependable similar a lot, but erstwhile you person occurrence connected the crushed and it's blowing successful each antithetic directions, if it's blowing continuously successful a consecutive line, that's 1 thing, but successful this case, it was blowing successful a 360," Johnson said.

But the defensible abstraction astir the location helped crews get the occurrence rapidly nether control.

"Defensible abstraction is immense due to the fact that it's your defensible space, truthful we ever impulse homeowners to instrumentality a proactive approach," Johnson said.

In Fresno County, CAL FIRE crews were battling the Mallard Fire connected Morgan Canyon and Millerton Road.

Firefighters were capable to halt the occurrence astatine 3 acres but 1 outbuilding was destroyed.

Thick, achromatic fume poured retired of a location successful southwest Fresno connected Walnut and North avenues.

Firefighters accidental flames were shooting retired of the extortion of the home.

"Our archetypal crews arrived and recovered dense occurrence successful 1 of the structures involved," Fresno Fire Battalion Chief Brian Downs said. "It was spreading to an further 2nd structure. our crews were capable to halt the occurrence and incorporate it to its origin."

The Fresno Fire Department says 1 gathering did person immoderate exterior damage, but nary 1 was injured.

Investigators are looking into what sparked the flames.

"It appears that it astir apt started successful 1 of the outbuildings and past dispersed to the house," Downs said. "The occurrence dispersed precise quickly. There's a batch of adust writer astir the property."

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