Quick hits
by TP staff
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• Fuel for thought: The Lockheed Fire raging in the Santa Cruz Mountains has plenty to keep it going, from dense underbrush to towering pine trees. The Corral Fire south of Tracy is eating up shrubs, grass and chaparral, moving quickly through one area before running out of fuel.

Numbers • 15,000: Acres that the Corral Fire south of Tracy had burned as of Friday afternoon, making it the largest active blaze in the state.

• 0: Number of mandatory evacuations resulting from the Corral Fire, as of Friday afternoon.

• 4,170: Acres burned in the Lockheed Fire, which a crew of Tracy firefighters were dispatched to battle on Thursday.

• 2,400: Mandatory evacuations resulting from the Lockheed Fire.
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