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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The section exigency acceptable successful spot Thursday by Fresno County is simply a fiscal countermeasure to the harm caused by the fire.
According to Nathan Magsig, the section exigency declaration is however Fresno County is combating the fiscal load of dealing with a wildfire.
"It is similar a information net," Fresno County District Supervisor Nathan Magsig said. "This is an unbudgeted lawsuit that's taken place."
Magsig represents the country of Fresno straight affected by the occurrence and has been intimately progressive with each measures to incorporate the fire.
Magsig says by proclaiming a section emergency, Fresno County has enactment itself successful a presumption to person arsenic overmuch reimbursement arsenic imaginable via State and Federal funds.
"The sheriff's section unsocial has accumulated astir $399,000 successful further expenses with the overtime and added crews that we've had to bring connected conscionable to woody with a batch of the evacuation orders."
According to Magsig implicit 1,500 unit from crossed California and adjacent extracurricular the authorities are presently warring the fire.
Magsig says the section exigency proclamation could acceptable a precedent for Fresno County if catastrophe alleviation funds are ever needed again.
"If astatine immoderate constituent successful the future, this is simply a FEMA catastrophe area, we tin get reimbursed astatine higher rates," Magsig said.
Magsig says reimbursing Fresno County taxpayers is simply a apical priority.
"With these unexpected fires, this analyzable fire, we privation to marque definite we get reimbursed arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable from the authorities and national government."
