The Associated Press
By GILLIAN FLACCUS
Wildfires burn in the Cleveland National Forest on Monday evening in Anaheim.
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Firefighters made progress early Tuesday battling a Santa Ana wind-fanned wildfire that had eaten an estimated 3,500 acres of wilderness near the outskirts of Orange County suburbs. But officials cautioned that high winds and low humidity could hamper efforts later in the day.
Crews took advantage of calm conditions during the night to light back fires to burn off potential fuel – a strategy that doubled the size of the blaze, said Orange County Fire Authority spokesman Stephen Miller. The fire was 7 percent contained, he said.
“We had very good progress overnight,” said Adam Probolsky, a public information officer with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
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