Wildfires burning in Madera and Mariposa County now under control

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Charred mountains tin beryllium spotted adjacent the tiny assemblage of Raymond successful Madera County.

It's conscionable southbound of wherever 2 fires, conscionable miles apart, started burning connected Tuesday evening successful neighboring Mariposa County.

"They are adjacent capable unneurotic that we are sharing the resources betwixt the 2 fires," Madera-Mariposa-Merced CAL FIRE Battalion Chief Mike Houk said.

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Houk says astir 150 unit got to work.

Crews adjacent and far, including Ventura County, are helping.

"We had up to 15 engines, 2 crews, six dozers, 4 h2o tankers. Assistance from Mariposa County fire, Madera, Merced, Chowchilla City," Houk said.

He says the challenges prevarication successful the hard-to-reach terrain.

"With lightning strikes, if that's what we find this occurrence to be, make a greater situation due to the fact that they are hard to access," Houk said.

Despite the obstacles, some fires are present nether control.

"We are connected time 2 of those fires, truthful guardant advancement is stopped. Those fires containment is coming up. We are going to beryllium astir to marque definite they enactment wherever we privation them to be," Houk said.

Several firefighters were besides relieved arsenic they person been moving non-stop this clip of year.

"Everybody is retired there. There are tireless nights that we are moving and they springiness them aforesaid effort each fire," Houk said.

Evacuation orders and warnings for parts of Mariposa and Madera Counties, specifically astir Eastman Lake, are inactive successful effect but are being re-evaluated arsenic of Wednesday.

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