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Homes still threatened, progress reported on California fire

Pacific Gas & Electric firefighter Dave Ronco sprays retardant on a utility pole to protect infrastructure as the Mosquito Fire burns near Volcanoville in El Dorado County, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A helicopter carries water on a longline to a wildfire near Salem, Ore., at sunset Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Climate change is bringing drier conditions to the Pacific Northwest and that requires strategies that have been common in fire-prone California for the past decade or more, said Erica Fleishman, director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Mary Ann Toms looks up a closed Highway 2 as she waits for her friend to return from Baring, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, in Gold Bar, Wash. Toms, who lives in Index, went to the Gold Bar grocery store to pick up sandwich fixings to make food for the firefighters working the Bolt Creek Fire. (Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times via AP)

Matt Rodriguez, 48, coughs and rubs ash out of his eyes near Index, Wash., as the Bolt Creek Fire burns Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. He said he was worried about his father not being able to get back home due to road closures from the wildfire. (Daniel Kim/The Seattle Times via AP)

Frank Fuller checks on his friend's house in Baring, Wash., while he is away in Arizona during the Bolt Creek Fire on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. (Daniel Kim/The Seattle Times via AP)

Pacific Gas & Electric firefighter Dave Ronco sprays retardant on a utility pole to protect infrastructure as the Mosquito Fire burns near Volcanoville in El Dorado County, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A helicopter carries water on a longline to a wildfire near Salem, Ore., at sunset Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Climate change is bringing drier conditions to the Pacific Northwest and that requires strategies that have been common in fire-prone California for the past decade or more, said Erica Fleishman, director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Mary Ann Toms looks up a closed Highway 2 as she waits for her friend to return from Baring, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, in Gold Bar, Wash. Toms, who lives in Index, went to the Gold Bar grocery store to pick up sandwich fixings to make food for the firefighters working the Bolt Creek Fire. (Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times via AP)

Matt Rodriguez, 48, coughs and rubs ash out of his eyes near Index, Wash., as the Bolt Creek Fire burns Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. He said he was worried about his father not being able to get back home due to road closures from the wildfire. (Daniel Kim/The Seattle Times via AP)

Frank Fuller checks on his friend's house in Baring, Wash., while he is away in Arizona during the Bolt Creek Fire on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. (Daniel Kim/The Seattle Times via AP)

Pacific Gas & Electric firefighter Dave Ronco sprays retardant on a utility pole to protect infrastructure as the Mosquito Fire burns near Volcanoville in El Dorado County, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A helicopter carries water on a longline to a wildfire near Salem, Ore., at sunset Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Climate change is bringing drier conditions to the Pacific Northwest and that requires strategies that have been common in fire-prone California for the past decade or more, said Erica Fleishman, director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Mary Ann Toms looks up a closed Highway 2 as she waits for her friend to return from Baring, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, in Gold Bar, Wash. Toms, who lives in Index, went to the Gold Bar grocery store to pick up sandwich fixings to make food for the firefighters working the Bolt Creek Fire. (Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times via AP)

Matt Rodriguez, 48, coughs and rubs ash out of his eyes near Index, Wash., as the Bolt Creek Fire burns Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. He said he was worried about his father not being able to get back home due to road closures from the wildfire. (Daniel Kim/The Seattle Times via AP)

Frank Fuller checks on his friend's house in Baring, Wash., while he is away in Arizona during the Bolt Creek Fire on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. (Daniel Kim/The Seattle Times via AP)

David Hance hugs mom Linda Hance outside a shelter for Mosquito Fire evacuees in Auburn, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The two evacuated from their trailer near the Foresthill community. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

David Hance hugs mom Linda Hance outside a shelter for Mosquito Fire evacuees in Auburn, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The two evacuated from their trailer near the Foresthill community. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

David Hance and mom Linda Hance spend time at a shelter for Mosquito Fire evacuees in Auburn, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The two evacuated from their trailer near the Foresthill community. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

James Lowery sprays water on his friend's restaurant as the Mosquito Fire threatens Foresthill in Placer County, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

James Lowery sprays water around his friend's restaurant as the Mosquito Fire threatens Foresthill in Placer County, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

James Lowery sprays water on his friend's restaurant as the Mosquito Fire threatens Foresthill in Placer County, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A firefighter rubs his face while battling the Mosquito Fire along Mosquito Ridge Rd. near the Foresthill community in Placer County, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

While battling the Mosquito Fire, a firefighter watches vegetation burn along Mosquito Ridge Rd. near the Foresthill community in Placer County, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Seen from the Foresthill community in Placer County, Calif., a plume rises from the Mosquito Fire on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

A dog rides through the Foresthill community in Placer County, Calif., as the Mosquito Fire burns on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Viewed from the Foresthill community in Placer County, Calif., a plume rises from the Mosquito Fire on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Firefighters battle the Mosquito Fire along Mosquito Ridge Rd. near the Foresthill community in Placer County, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Homes still threatened, progress reported on California fire