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clouds carried little rain and offered little chance of a break
from the bone-dry conditions plaguing the region, the National
Weather Service said.
"Initial attack resources could be overwhelmed," it added in a
red flag announcement.
Elsewhere, crews made slow but steady progress against wildfires
including one, called the Mendocino Complex, which has become
largest in California's history and killed one firefighter from
Utah on Monday.
Emergency crews had managed to set up containment lines around
almost two thirds the fire which has raged through the southern
end of the Mendocino National Forest, the California Department
of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said.
That fire has scorched 355,000 acres (144,000 hectares) and
destroyed 265 structures, it added.
To the northeast, firefighters have been able to carve
containment lines around 65 percent of the Carr Fire, which has
killed three firefighters, four civilians and a utility worker
and burned more than 1,500 structures. The Carr Fire has
blackening 211,000 acres, Cal Fire said.
The heart of Yosemite National Park in California was reopened
to the public on Tuesday after it was shut down for nearly three
weeks due to the Ferguson Fire, which has caused two deaths. But
smoke lingered in the air and a key route to the park's best
known landmarks remained closed.
The 100,000-acre fire, which is about 150 miles (240 km) east of
San Francisco, was 86 percent contained after igniting a month
ago, authorities said.
(Additional reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing
by Andrew Heavens)
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