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Carr Fire: Nearly 50% contained

According to the latest update from Cal Fire, with 173, 522 acres burned, fire crews were able to increase containment to 47 percent Wendesday morning.

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The Carr Fire is close to 50 percent containment.

According to the latest update from Cal Fire, with 173, 522 acres burned, fire crews were able to increase containment to 47 percent Wendesday morning.

#CarrFire [Update] at Whiskeytown in Trinity/Shasta County is now 173,522 acres and 47% contained. pic.twitter.com/CaWpPM555j
— CAL FIRE SHU (@CALFIRESHU) August 8, 2018

Photos: Drones show Carr Fire destruction from above

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City of Redding, multi agency collaboration

The City of Redding partnered with CAL FIRE and several other government agencies to gather and map these aerial images. Using the city map, you can search through the wreckage of the Carr Fire in dozens of different vantage points.

Over 1,000 residential structures have been destroyed, with an additional 522 non-residential structures laid to waste by the wildfire.

"Crews will continue work constructing containment lines and mitigating spot fires across control lines," Cal Fire's latest report says. "Repopulation of residents affect by evacuations will continue as conditions permit."