El Dorado fire grows more than 400 acres overnight
The El Dorado fire, which claimed the life of one firefighter since it was started Sept. 5 by a smoke bomb set off during a gender-revel photo stunt, grew 418 acres overnight as fire crews Sunday faced another day of high temperatures and southerly winds.
The fire’s footprint was at 22,489 acres and containment remained at 59% containment Sunday morning. Containment is when firefighters create and hold a fire break around the perimeter of a wildfire.
The firefighter who died on Thursday ha
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