Posted on 09/11/2020 1:36:46 AM PDT by nickcarraway
For the first time since the Creek Fire started burning, a small portion of the fire has been contained.
Fire officials announced during a Thursday night news conference that the Creek Fire had 6% containment.
Authorities called it a turning point, saying crews had shifted from defensive positions to be able to go on the offensive against the wildfire.
Early Thursday morning, the U.S. Forest Service said the Creek Fire was at about 175,000 acres in size with 0% containment.
“Today was really the first day we really shifted from being on the defense to being on the offense,” U.S Forest Supervisor Dean Gould said. “Instead of reacting across the board to it, now we’re ... turning the tide back on it.”
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