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Timber Fire rages to over 12,600 acres, prompts more evacuations Sunday evening
The Timber Fire in the Big Sur and Ventana Wilderness areas of Monterey County continued to grow Sunday, reaching 12,616 acres by 6 p.m., according to Cal Fire. The blaze was 25% contained Sunday evening. Expanded evacuation orders were issued as the fire moved eastward overnight Saturday into Sunday and threatened to move north of […] The post Timber Fire rages to over 12,600 acres, prompts more evacuations Sunday evening appeared first on Local News Matters .
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The Timber Fire in the Big Sur and Ventana Wilderness areas of Monterey County continued to grow Sunday, reaching 12,616 acres by 6 p.m., according to Cal Fire. The blaze was 25% contained Sunday evening. Expanded evacuation orders were issued as the fire moved eastward overnight Saturday into Sunday and threatened to move north of […] The post Timber Fire rages to over 12,600 acres, prompts more evacuations Sunday evening appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Timber Fire rages to over 12,600 acres, prompts more evacuations Sunday evening, The Timber Fire in the Big Sur and Ventana Wilderness areas of Monterey County continued to grow Sunday, reaching 12,616 acres by 6 p.m., according to Cal Fire. The blaze was 25% contained Sunday evening. Expanded evacuation orders were issued as the fire moved eastward overnight Saturday into Sunday and threatened to move north of […] The post Timber Fire rages to over 12,600 acres, prompts more evacuations Sunday evening appeared first on Local News Matters .
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