Improved Weather Helps Firefighters Battling Wildfire in California

June 25th, 4:20 PM EDT

By NEWSnet Digital Team

Western wildfire.

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PALERMO, Calif. (NEWSnet/AP) — Improved weather conditions aided firefighters Tuesday as they battled a northern California wildfire that threatened the community of Palermo.

Fre spread over about 1 square mile Monday evening, but was static overnight and containment reached 15%, said Capt. Dan Collins of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.

Winds subsided, marine air brought some cooling and "the conditions are favorable for us this morning,” he said. An early start to aircraft operations was requested.

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The cause of the blaze, dubbed Apache Fire, is under investigation.

Evacuation orders were in effect for several areas, but Collins did not know how many people were affected. Two unidentified structures were destroyed and one firefighter had a minor injury.

Palermo is about 65 miles north of Sacramento.

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