How Contained Are the North Bay Blazes?

Fire officials say they've turned a corner in their ability to control the blazes concentrated in Northern California and affecting counties across the state.

“Conditions have drastically changed,” said Daniel Berlant, spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, who noted that some of the fires were 50 percent or more contained. “It’s probably a sign we’ve turned a corner on these fires.”

Click on the fire icon below to find out how contained each blaze is, and how many acres have burned. Cal Fire updates the map regularly.

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You can zoom in to see fire perimeters.

The fires have consumed more than 245,000 acres and led to the deaths of more than 40 people. Tens of thousands of people remain evacuated from their homes, and are staying with friends, family or in temporary shelters.