4,500-Acre Forest Fire Is Fully Contained
After a week of battling a 4,459-acre forest fire, nearly half the firefighters had gone home Saturday. The blaze was fully contained and was expected to be out by Monday.
Wind gusts up to 25 mph continued to concern the 1,033 firefighters remaining over the weekend, said a spokeswoman for the Susanville Interagency Fire Center.
The fire, which began May 27, has cost $4.4 million in firefighting expenses and destroyed $2.5 million worth of timber.
The blaze was sparked by a man shooting targets in the woods, said a state Forestry Department spokeswoman. .
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