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An 800-acre wildfire burning near Porterville reached 100% containment on Tuesday.
The Success Fire was sparked last week following a lightning storm. Roughly 172 firefighters were assigned to the Tulare County incident.
Cal Fire reported one injury and no structures damaged.
The fire is located near Success Valley and Reservation roads, just east of Porterville. Not far from the Success Fire is the largest active fire in Tulare County.
Nettle Fire
The Nettle Fire is located on the Tule River Reservation in East Porterville and as of Wednesday was 75% contained, according to National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC).
Tule River Fire Department is leading the firefighting effort with help from surrounding agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management. The roughly 120 firefighters assigned to the incident made significant progress over the last three days.
Two families were displaced after a fire tore through a duplex in Central Visalia.
Just after 3 a.m. Thursday, firefighters were called to the structure fire in the 900 block of North Rinaldi Street, near the Visalia Cemetery. Firefighters were told that two vehicles were also threatened by flames.
A second alarm was called because of multiple 911 calls and information that not everyone was out of the complex, according to firefighters. The first crew to arrive reported heavy fire coming from the duplex.
Firefighters quickly tried to control the fire and limit damage to the building, Battalion Chief Tom Van Grouw said. However, both units of the duplex were significantly damaged in the blaze.