Firefighters increase containment on June Lightning Complex Fire

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- CAL FIRE said it's made bully advancement connected the fire.

It's been a agelong blistery time for firefighters, but they are truly looking to instrumentality vantage of the cooler temperatures astatine night.

Fire crews connected the crushed and entity proceed to summation containment lines connected the June Lightning Complex fire.

The occurrence scorching thousands of acres and threatening hundreds of homes.

"They worked aggressively to mop this occurrence up and enactment those containment lines in," said Capt. Brent Pascau with CAL FIRE.

Wind, heat, and unsmooth terrain has been an ongoing situation for firefighters. But crews are looking to instrumentality vantage of cooler temperatures astatine night.

"During the daytime immoderate of the vigor hides," said Pascau. "At nighttime you tin spot it well. Not lone cooler temperatures but tactics omniscient it's a small easier for us."

CAL FIRE said astatine nighttime they're capable usage their infrared drones to find hotspots.

"We're going to proceed to mop up," said Pascau. "Continue to aggressively enactment those containment lines, but our astir important happening is to get radical home."

As firefighters proceed to combat the flames, Bear Mountain Pizza remains unfastened for business. Feeding firefighters and assemblage members.

"Giving them a bully root to person food, water, chill air, and powerfulness for their phones oregon adjacent Wi-Fi, we are capable to proviso that," said Sara Petropoulos, a enactment astatine Bear Mountain Pizza.

Members of the Ventura County Fire Department stopped by the edifice to prime up a slice. They're grateful that Bear Mountain is open.

"As we came into municipality present to get immoderate water, pizza spot was open," said Captain Noah White with the Ventura County Fire Department. "Talked to the radical that are moving it and they're inactive cooking.

Bear Mountain Pizza worker Wesley Hawkins said he's grateful helium tin assistance the crews that helped support his home.

"It feels bully due to the fact that it really feels similar I'm really helping them out," said Hawkins. "Because they're present helping america retired and making definite each of our families and everyone up present is safe."

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