{"id":343421,"date":"2026-06-02T21:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/343421\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T21:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:13:30","slug":"fresno-county-firefighters-battle-hillside-blaze-as-aircrafts-join-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/343421\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Firefighters Battle Hillside Blaze as Aircrafts Join Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters responded to a vegetation fire in Fresno County on Tuesday that grew to an estimated 25 to 30 acres near Campbell Mountain, according to information from <a href=\"https:\/\/app.watchduty.org\/i\/100926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Watch Duty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Lake Fire was burning in light, flashy fuels at a moderate rate of spread. Incident command reported the fire was located mid-slope and moving toward the top of a hill.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-250471 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/A-vegetation-fire-in-Fresno-County-grew-to-25-to-30-acres-while-burning-uphill-through-dry-vegetatio.jpeg\" alt=\"A vegetation fire in Fresno County grew to 25 to 30 acres while burning uphill through dry vegetation, prompting a helicopter and air tanker response before crews reported good progress and reduce (1)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/>A vegetation fire in Fresno County grew to 25 to 30 acres while burning uphill through dry vegetation on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (Watch Duty)<\/p>\n<p>Air attack officials requested additional resources, including two air tankers, one helicopter, and an additional air attack aircraft.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fresno County crews later reported making good progress, Watch Duty reported.<\/p>\n<p>No information on injuries, structures threatened, or containment was immediately available.<\/p>\n<p>Update at 1:50 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Duty is now reporting that the fire has grown to 75 acres.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Firefighters responded to a vegetation fire in Fresno County on Tuesday that grew to an estimated 25 to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-343421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343421","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=343421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}