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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - It was a engaged Fourth of July play for occurrence crews arsenic flames broke retired crossed some the City of Fresno and the surrounding region areas.
“The Fourth of July was a truly engaged nighttime for us,” said Josh Sellers, PIO for the Fresno Fire Department.
The region crews were conscionable arsenic busy.
“So each Fresno County Fire District motor was connected a telephone astatine 1 constituent oregon another,” said Capt. Gary Couch with Cal Fire and Fresno County Fire.
From July 4 done July 5, Fresno firefighters responded to 122 fires across the city.
“That included operation fires, writer fires, and each sorts of fires,” said Sellers.
In Fresno County, crews were arsenic overwhelmed.
“On July 4, we ran astir 70 calls successful astir 3 hours,” Couch said.
Fires sparked successful fields, on freeways, wrong homes, cars—even boats. Day oregon night, large oregon small—it seemed fires were burning everywhere.
One of the much caller fires occurred on July 6 near Highway 180 and Peach Avenue.
“I was conscionable chillin’ with my kid successful the country we were watching TV erstwhile we conscionable started smelling fire,” said Najee Harris, a adjacent resident.
That occurrence burned about 3 acres before it was afloat contained, stopping conscionable abbreviated of a adjacent neighborhood.
On July 5, a writer occurrence burned near Zediker Avenue outside of Parlier. It was caused by fireworks, officials said.
“It burned successful an unfastened field, and we contained it to 164 acres,” Couch said.
And on July 4, a ample occurrence broke retired adjacent the Island Water Park, astir 30 miles from the city.
The occurrence burned done a grassy tract and reached the borderline of a adjacent vicinity and Highway 99.
Water parkland officials accidental the occurrence started connected an bare batch crossed Barstow Street, connected the north-northwest broadside of the property, and was not connected to the park’s fireworks display.
Back adjacent Highway 180 and Peach, firefighters accidental the writer occurrence was rapidly contained earlier it could bash immoderate structural damage.
