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Recent Examples of containment
Evacuation orders remained in effect in Inyo and Mono counties as firefighters prepared to spend the night bolstering containment lines and monitoring for hot spots, according to Cal Fire.
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Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
The response to track damage has been both in the form of placing boulders to build up revetments and the construction of containment walls.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 31 Mar. 2025
As the fire spread across the border into North Carolina, the South Carolina Forestry Commission said firefighters had upped containment of the fire from 0% on Saturday to 9% by Sunday morning.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2025
Currently, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacramento Bee, 23 Mar. 2025
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Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
The response to track damage has been both in the form of placing boulders to build up revetments and the construction of containment walls.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 31 Mar. 2025
As the fire spread across the border into North Carolina, the South Carolina Forestry Commission said firefighters had upped containment of the fire from 0% on Saturday to 9% by Sunday morning.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2025
Currently, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacramento Bee, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Containment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/containment. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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