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Dryden Fire #79 Update 2

A 2,500 forest fire burning 20-kilometres southwest of Vermilion
Bay is still classed as out-of-control.
Crews are entering their second week fighting Dryden Fire #79.
Ministry of Natural Resources Information Officer Travis Moffat says
they are starting to gain the upper hand.

n038 runs: 12 sec. out…a result.

Heavy smoke is still expected to hang around the Vermilion Bay area
the next couple of days.

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Dryden, CA
8:24 am, May 16, 2026
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