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US forest chief calls for pause of prescribed fires

Area firefighters utilize an all terrain vehicle to help fight the Golden Fire in Camptonville, Calif. Friday, May 20, 202. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP) Nevada City based Cal Fire firefighter uses a hose to help tamp down the Golden Fire, which burned 25 acres just south of Camptonville, Calif. Friday, May 20, 202. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP) Firefighters travel a line cut by a dozer to help secure the Golden Fire off of Highway 49 south of Camptonville, Calif. Friday, May 20, 202. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP) A Nevada City based Cal Fire firefighter uses a hose to help tamp down the Golden Fire, which burned 25 acres just south of Camptonville, Calif. Friday, May 20, 202. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP) A California Conservation Corps hand crew readies to tackle the Golden Fire in Camptonville, Calif. Friday, May 20, 202. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP) A Cal Fire firefighter approaches a burning spot before extinguishing off of Highway 49 in Camptonville, Calif. Friday, May 20, 202. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP) Firefighters battle a wildfire in Camptonville, Calif. Friday, May 20, 202. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP) A Cal Fire engine crew readies to help secure a flank of the Golden Fire off of Highway 49 south of Camptonville, Calif. Friday, May 20, 202. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP) A Cal Fire firefighter approaches a burning spot before extinguishing off of Highway 49 in Camptonville, Calif. Friday, May 20, 202. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP) A type 1 air tanker makes a large retardant drop along a line of the Golden Fire south of Camptonville, Calif. Friday, May 20, 202. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP) FILE - This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the active fire lines of the Hermits Peak wildfire, in Las Vegas, N.M., May 11, 2022. More than 5,000 firefighters are battling multiple wildland blazes in dry, windy weather across the Southwest. Evacuation orders remained in place Thursday, May 19, 2022, for residents near fires in Texas, Colorado and New Mexico. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP, File) FILE - A firefighting crew arrives at the scene of a field on fire adjacent to the Amazon Distribution Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., on May 12, 2022. More than 5,000 firefighters are battling multiple wildland blazes in dry, windy weather across the Southwest. Evacuation orders remained in place Thursday, May 19, 2022, for residents near fires in Texas, Colorado and New Mexico. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP, File)
US forest chief calls for pause of prescribed fires