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Fire containment rate near Calistoga reaches 60%

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The Toll Fire north of Calistoga was 60 percent contained Friday morning, three days after it started, according to Cal Fire.

Remaining evacuation warnings have also been lifted. A mandatory evacuation was ordered for some residents near the fire after it broke out Tuesday morning, but the order was not issued later in the day.

Cal Fire has 90 members battling the blaze. As of Friday, crews were working to fully contain it by connecting control lines around the fire and mopping up inside the fire perimeter. According to the U.S. Forest Service, mopping up is the “strenuous physical process of extinguishing or removing burning material near control lines.”

The fire started along the Old Lawley Toll Road and has spread across 40.6 acres. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Photos: California's iconic forests are disappearing due to wildfires and climate change

Trees burned by the Caldor Fire burn in the Eldorado National Forest in California, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. Scientists say the forest is disappearing as increasingly intense fires change the planet’s landscapes, threatening wildlife, undermining efforts to capture global warming carbon and harming water supplies. California has lost more than 1,760 square miles — nearly 7% — of its forest cover since 1985, according to a recent study.

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Hugh Safford, an environmental science and policy researcher at the University of California, Davis, examines vegetation growing from the ash of the 2021 Caldor Fire in the Eldorado National Forest, California, near Lake Tahoe, on Oct. 22, 2022. Scientists say the forest is disappearing as increasingly intense fires change the planet's landscapes, threatening wildlife, undermining efforts to capture global-warming carbon and harming water supplies.

Brian Melley, Associated Press

Hugh Safford, an environmental science and policy researcher at the University of California, Davis, counts the rings of a tree killed by the 2021 Caldor Fire in California’s Eldorado National Forest near Lake Tahoe on Oct. 22, 2022. Scientists say forests are disappearing as increasingly intense fires change the world’s landscapes, threatening wildlife, undermining efforts to capture global-warming carbon and damaging water supplies. A March study of 334 wildfires in the West found that increasing fire severity made conifer species less likely to regenerate — a problem likely to worsen with climate change.

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A large swath of forest destroyed by the 2007 Angora Fire is seen from a ridge near Lake Tahoe, California, on October 23, 2022. The Caldor Fire burned near the same area in 2021. Scientists say the forest is disappearing as increasingly intense fires change the planet's landscapes, threatening wildlife, undermining efforts to capture global-warming carbon and harming water supplies.

Brian Melley, Associated Press

Hugh Safford, an environmental science and policy researcher at the University of California, Davis, examines damage caused by the 2021 Caldor Fire in California's Eldorado National Forest near Lake Tahoe on October 22, 2022.

Brian Melley, Associated Press

Pine trees felled after being killed in the 2021 Caldor Fire lie on the ground in California's Eldorado National Forest near Lake Tahoe on October 22, 2022. Scientists say the forest is disappearing as increasingly intense fires change the planet's landscapes, threatening wildlife, undermining efforts to capture global-warming carbon and harming water supplies.

Brian Melley, Associated Press

A pine tree growing from the ashes of the 2007 Angora Fire emerges from the chaparral near Lake Tahoe, California, on October 23, 2022. Scientists say the forest is disappearing as increasingly intense fires change the planet's landscapes, threatening wildlife, undermining efforts to capture global-warming carbon and harming water supplies.

Brian Melley, Associated Press

Seen in a long camera exposure, the Caldor Fire burns on August 29, 2021, in the Eldorado National Forest, California. Scientists say the forest is disappearing as increasingly intense fires change the planet’s landscapes, threatening wildlife, undermining efforts to capture global-warming carbon and harming water supplies.

Noah Berger, Associated Press

Hugh Safford takes a photo on October 22, 2022, of trees burned by the 2021 Caldor Fire in Eldorado National Forest, California.

Brian Melley, Associated Press

A sculpture rests in front of a Grizzly Flats home destroyed by the Caldor Fire in El Dorado County, California, on August 17, 2021. Scientists say the forest is disappearing as increasingly intense fires change the planet's landscapes, threatening wildlife, undermining efforts to capture global-warming carbon and harming water supplies.

Ethan Swope, Associated Press

Grass, brush and a few small trees are seen on Oct. 23, 2022, growing among dead trees left after the 2007 Angora Fire ravaged the forest near Lake Tahoe, California. The Caldor Fire burned near the same area in 2021. Scientists say the forest is disappearing as increasingly intense fires change the planet's landscapes, threatening wildlife, undermining efforts to capture climate-warming carbon and harming water supplies.

Brian Melley, Associated Press

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