irefighters hope calmer winds Friday will help them gain the upper hand in battling the Palisades Fire, which has torched about 20,000 acres in Southern California.
“Yesterday we were very hopeful that we could turn a corner on this fire, and we did,” said Brent Pascua, battalion chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection – also known as Cal Fire.
“It’s going to take a lot more work to see that (containment) grow,” he said. “But we’re headed in the right direction.”
As of early Friday morning, the Palisades Fire was about 6% contained. Pascua said he hopes that number will reach the double digits by the end of the day.
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