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Wragg Fire In Solano And Napa Counties Still At 6,900 Acres, 30 Percent Contained

NAPA COUNTY (CBS13) - The Wragg fire, which has burned thousands of acres of brush in Napa and Solano Counties, is now in its third day.

The fire has scorched 6,900 acres in steep, rugged terrain. And while the acreage has not increased since around 5 p.m. Thursday, firefighters are gaining ground. It is now 30 percent contained and 150 structures are still being threatened.

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"A lot of the crews are having to be flown in and dozers are trying to work some of the more difficult areas," said Cal Fire spokesperson Kevin Colburn.

Fire crews are making some progress as smoke continues to billow from the hills. Down below, some people who evacuated the area, returned to check on their homes.

"This is how close it came," said Beth Goerhring, who shows us scorched earth just feet from the deck of her Quail Canyon Road home.

Her community, known as Quail Ridge, is still officially evacuated, but she decided to come back to check in.

"At nighttime, as soon as the sun goes down, you can see little fires all over the mountain," she said.

Her horses were evacuated as well.

"Instead of them being able to eat grass 24/7, I'm probably going to have to feed them twice a day," she said.

And then there is water. Around 40 customers of the Solano Irrigation District have been told not to drink from the tap.

"The concern is when [we] restart the system, we're required to do bacterial sampling, and that's a 48-hour test. And so we're doing that right now and we should have the results tomorrow morning," said Cary Keaten, the district's general manger.

Keaten says despite reports to the contrary, they have nothing to indicate fire retardant entered their closed water tank.

Beth is drinking bottled water.

Meanwhile, Highway 128 reopened today. I was opened for a short time, and then closed again because of a rock slide.

Fire crews no doubt feeling battle worn three days in.

"We do try to give sufficient rest but you know, the more the days you're out and the more incidents we're on, definitely fatigue does set in and we really have to wary of that," said Cal Fire spokesperson Kevin Colburn.

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