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California wildfire ‘looking a whole heck of a lot better’

Extensive damage from a slow-moving black river of sludge rolling inside the kitchen of the Oak Glen Steakhouse and Saloon in Oak Glen, Calif., is seen on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. The muddy damage in Oak Glen and Forest Falls served as a powerful warning to areas burning or facing high fire danger of the damage wildfires can cause months or years after flames are doused. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin)

Brandon Gallegos, whose family owns the Oak Glen Steakhouse and Saloon, looks out while checking the mudslide damage inside the Oak Glen Steakhouse and Saloon in Oak Glen, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin)

Heavy machinery clears the aftermath of a slow-moving black river of sludge in Oak Glen, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. The mud flows and flash flooding occurred in parts of the San Bernardino Mountains where there are burn scars, areas where there's little vegetation to hold the soil, from the 2020 wildfires. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin)

Debris from the aftermath of a slow-moving black river of sludge is seen in Oak Glen, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. The mud flows and flash flooding occurred in parts of the San Bernardino Mountains where there are burn scars, areas where there's little vegetation to hold the soil, from the 2020 wildfires. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin)

Debris from the aftermath of a slow-moving black river of sludge is cleared from a road in Oak Glen, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. The mud flows and flash flooding occurred in parts of the San Bernardino Mountains where there are burn scars, areas where there's little vegetation to hold the soil, from the 2020 wildfires. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin)

Paul Burgess, with the California Geological Survey, examines the damage in the aftermath of a mudslide Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in Oak Glen, Calif. Cleanup efforts and damage assessments are underway east of Los Angeles after heavy rains unleashed mudslides in a mountain area scorched by a wildfire two years ago. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Paul Burgess, with the California Geological Survey, walks along the town's main road in the aftermath of a mudslide Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in Oak Glen, Calif. Cleanup efforts and damage assessments are underway east of Los Angeles after heavy rains unleashed mudslides in a mountain area scorched by a wildfire two years ago. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Firefighter Gabriel Beltran adjusts his helmet during an overnight shift battling the Mosquito Fire in Placer County, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A firefighter hoses down hotspots along Foresthill Rd. as the Mosquito Fire burns in the Foresthill community of Placer County, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Firefighter Gabriel Beltran manages a backfire, flames lit by firefighters to burn off vegetation, while battling the Mosquito Fire in Placer County, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Firefighter Christian Mendoza manages a backfire, flames lit by firefighters to burn off vegetation, while battling the Mosquito Fire in Placer County, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Firefighter Christian Mendoza manages a backfire, flames lit by firefighters to burn off vegetation, while battling the Mosquito Fire in Placer County, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Firefighter Christian Mendoza manages a backfire, flames lit by firefighters to burn off vegetation, while battling the Mosquito Fire in Placer County, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

California wildfire ‘looking a whole heck of a lot better’