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The fire is located in a remote area of Big Sur and has burned nearly 3,000 acres.

Some evacuation orders have been downgraded to warnings and some warning zones have had evacuations lifted altogether as Willow Fire containment grows.

The center was already closed to guests this summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The monks have been clearing brush from around the facility and running a sprinkler system they named "Dharma rain," which helps keep the center's buildings wet, Sozan Miglioli, president of the San Francisco Zen Center, which operates the monastery, told the AP. According to the AP, other firefighting monks later joined them from the San Francisco Zen Center and the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center. The group of professionally trained firefighting monks have been busting blazes since 2008, when a wildfire spread to...

The Willow Fire in Monterey County, the Crane Fire in Kern County, and multiple fires in the foothills and mountains of Tulare County have marked the beginning of wildfire season in the San Joaquin Valley. While fire crews are operating to fully contain and suppress the fires; hot, dry conditions throughout the weekend have the potential to influence fire growth and lead to smoke impacts in our region. Air pollution officials will continue to monitor the situation and caution Valley residents to be prepared for smoke impacts from other fires this season. A build-up of dry vegetation during th...

♪ >> jon: i'm jon scott and this is the fox report. it's the pot of the hour. if you are just joining us, here a look at our top stories, 15 people, including a police officer injured early this morning during a six-story apartment building fire in san francisco several people reportedly trapped on upper floors, some screaming for help out their windows when emergency crews arrived. officials say firefighters and police rescued 20 residents the cause of the fire under investigation. the cause cause of willow fire in padre national forest. now spread to 2,000 acres. more than hundred firefigh...