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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials say crews have made more progress toward taming a massive wildfire in Northern California.
U.S. Forest Service spokesman Michael Williams says more rain and high humidity on Saturday helped crews battling the King Fire, which has burned more than 151 square miles of a heavily forested region east of Sacramento.
Williams said Sunday the fire is now 87 percent contained, up 3 percent from the day before.
More than 4,800 firefighters remain on the scene to strengthen containment lines as fire suppression and repair teams assess the damage.
The two-week-old blaze has destroyed about a dozen homes and nearly 70 other structures near Pollock Pines in El Dorado County.
The fire has cost more than $53 million to fight.
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