King Fire Grows To 8,600 Acres, Containment Falls To 5 Percent

The weekend fire east of Pollock Pines at first didn’t seem to be much more than a curiosity. Many residents thought fire crews would quickly handle it. A member of an inmate crew works to gain control of the King fire near Pollock Pines in El Dorado County. The size of the fire was holding steady at 3,900 acres Monday afternoon after expanding significantly overnight, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

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