FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ\/KFSN) \u2014\u00a0The Pin Fire has brought back a familiar concern for foothill and mountain residents.<\/p>\n
As winter grasses dry, the risk of wildfire increases.<\/p>\n
Recent fires across Fresno County, including the Pin Fire near Millerton Lake, have officially marked the start of the busy fire season.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust in the last two weeks, we\u2019ve seen an increase in fire activity when it comes to grass fires. On the west side near Kettleman City, we had a fire that was just over 1,200 acres, and then the Pin Fire incident yesterday,\u201d says Zach Irion, Fresno County Fire Captain.<\/p>\n
The fire burned 6.5 acres and is 100% contained. It was under control within a few hours.<\/p>\n
Responding Captain, Joey Weimer, says Fire Station 72 is bringing in some new resources that helped with Monday\u2019s firefight.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving the help of patrol 72 was a game changer for me because I was able to get it out fast, and it\u2019s faster than other type 3 engines coming from another station because they are right here and they are close,\u201d explains Weimer.<\/p>\n
Fire Station 72 is also new.<\/p>\n
It opened its doors to its firefighters in the winter of 2025.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a welcome upgrade from their previous station, just a couple of miles down the road.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a brand new facility here. It holds all of our equipment. As you can see in the back, we have four pieces of equipment. Each different piece of equipment does a different job, but they all help in this area for what we need it for,\u201d mentions Weimer.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Fresno County Fire will welcome back 50 wildland firefighters.<\/p>\n
While stations gear up for wildfire season, they are urging residents to do the same by creating defensible space around their homes.<\/p>\n
In case of a fire, Fresno County Fire Captain Zach Irion encourages people to be prepared.<\/p>\n
\u201cMake sure you have a wildfire access plan so you know your escape route, and you have a meeting area with your family. You have a go bag with essential items like medications, extra clothes, and then also, if you have any animals, having a plan for them where they can be evacuated.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the meantime, investigators are looking into the cause of the Pin Fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMJ\/KFSN) \u2014\u00a0The Pin Fire has brought back a familiar concern for foothill and mountain residents.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-247736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}