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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Firefighters proceed enactment to incorporate the Garnet Fire since it archetypal started connected Aug. 24; the fire's size is present starting to rival full cities.
As of the latest update connected Friday morning, the Garnet Fire has burned 33,388 acres and is 14% contained.
The acres burned stay acold beneath the 309,000 acres burned during the Creek Fire successful 2020, but the size of the Garnet Fire is considerable:
- 250,000 shot fields: If a shot tract is astir 1.32 acres, that means the Garnet Fire covers implicit 250,000 shot fields.
- 40 of New York's Central Park: Central Park is 843 acres, meaning astir 40 Central Parks acceptable successful the acreage burned by the Garnet Fire.
- Almost 2 cities of Clovis: the City of Clovis astir fits wrong the acreage burned by the Garnet Fire twice.
- Bigger than San Francisco: The U.S. Census Bureau says San Francisco is 46.7 quadrate miles, which converts to 29,888 acres, meaning the acreage burned successful the Garnet Fire is bigger than the full metropolis of San Francisco.
Firefighters are inactive moving to incorporate the Garnet Fire; nary injuries oregon operation harm person been reported, but respective evacuation orders and warnings person been issued.
