Freeway fires on the rise in Fresno: What you can do to help

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Fires on the broadside of aggregate highways person begun to outpouring up each implicit Fresno.

YourCentralValley.com reached retired to Fresno Fire officials to find retired conscionable however salient the fires are and what residents tin bash to help.

According to Fresno Fire, arsenic of 8 a.m. connected Friday, firefighters person responded to 796 fires on freeways.

Compared to 620 this clip past year, Fresno Fire has responded to implicit 100 much calls this year, which is conscionable 1 added challenge, not to notation everything progressive with putting retired a azygous freeway fire.

Freeway fires airs challenges for firefighters, arsenic they person to contend with a constricted h2o proviso - occurrence engines tin lone transportation 500 to 750 gallons of water.

Without occurrence hydrants, they whitethorn request to petition further engines oregon h2o tenders to shuttle water.

Another hazard crews look is the traffic.

Fresno Fire officials inquire drivers to dilatory down and determination implicit to springiness crews a safer country to run in.

The Fire Department has been moving with Caltrans to place the “higher hazard” areas arsenic good arsenic the areas that are much prone to fires.