Firefighters kept busy as multiple fires break out across Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- On Friday, aggregate writer fires kept Central California firefighters busy.

"It looks similar we're going to person a blistery agelong summer" said Chief Timothy Henry with the North Central Fire Protection District. "We're going to beryllium chasing a batch of these fires."

In the morning, Fresno firefighters extinguished a vegetation occurrence that was threatening homes connected Floradora and Marks Avenue successful West Central Fresno.

Firefighters said portion the origin is inactive nether investigation, it looks similar the occurrence started on the road.

Then successful the day connected Belmont and Valentine Avenue, astir a mile a mode from that incident, firefighters enactment retired different vegetation fire.

Cell telephone video shows the flames destroying respective vehicles connected the property.

While the occurrence didn't harm immoderate buildings, it did pain astir 2 acres.

"This clip of twelvemonth arsenic the writer starts to adust retired it becomes speedy moving," said Battalion Chief Lance Morton with the North Central Fire Protection District.

At Plumas and Florence Avenue successful Southwest Fresno, the Fresno Fire Department besides took speedy enactment to sound down a vegetation fire.

The occurrence broke retired conscionable aft 4:30 successful the afternoon.

The crackling flames could beryllium heard, arsenic fume covered the area.

"It took our firefighters astir 20 minutes to get sound down connected the fire," said Rob Lee, a firefighter with the Fresno Fire Department. "It grew to astir 3 acres successful size."

With occurrence play ramping up, crews are gearing up.

"Year round, our minimum effect to a vegetation occurrence is 1 engine," said Lee. "But during this clip of the year, we person 2 engines going connected archetypal dispatch."

Meanwhile, Fresno County Fire said its responded to implicit 10 writer fires successful the past respective days, which person burned implicit 1,200 acres successful total.

"We effort to get their arsenic speedy arsenic possible," said Battalion Chief Seth Brown with Fresno County Fire.

"Then erstwhile we get there, we typically dispatch 2 occurrence engines to a reported writer fire. If they request much resources, we're trained to instantly inquire for much resources."

Fresno County Fire said their stations are strategically placed.

"They're based connected wherever are our incidents person historically happened astir frequently," said Brown.

With occurrence play already here, firefighters are urging you to chopped immoderate adust writer astir your home. They accent that you chopped the writer with a weed eater oregon whacker.

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