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Nearly 6,000 acres, Plaskett Fire remains at zero containment Friday night
The Plaskett Fire in southern Monterey County neared 6,000 acres Friday night as drier conditions set in, according to Cal Fire. The blaze, measured at 5,924 acres at 9 p.m., was moving closer to state Highway 1, just south of Plaskett Ridge Road, Cal Fire said, with fire activity progressing north and toward South Coast […] The post Nearly 6,000 acres, Plaskett Fire remains at zero containment Friday night appeared first on Local News Matters .
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The Plaskett Fire in southern Monterey County neared 6,000 acres Friday night as drier conditions set in, according to Cal Fire. The blaze, measured at 5,924 acres at 9 p.m., was moving closer to state Highway 1, just south of Plaskett Ridge Road, Cal Fire said, with fire activity progressing north and toward South Coast […] The post Nearly 6,000 acres, Plaskett Fire remains at zero containment Friday night appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Nearly 6,000 acres, Plaskett Fire remains at zero containment Friday night, The Plaskett Fire in southern Monterey County neared 6,000 acres Friday night as drier conditions set in, according to Cal Fire. The blaze, measured at 5,924 acres at 9 p.m., was moving closer to state Highway 1, just south of Plaskett Ridge Road, Cal Fire said, with fire activity progressing north and toward South Coast […] The post Nearly 6,000 acres, Plaskett Fire remains at zero containment Friday night appeared first on Local News Matters .
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