As of Friday afternoon, the Garnet Fire in Fresno County has grown to 17,159 acres and is at 8% containment. Officials confirmed that the cause of the fire was lightning.

Evacuation orders remain in effect for zones K27, K30, K31, K32-A, and K40, while warnings are in place for K28, K29, K32-B, K74, K85, and K160.

Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig, who represents the forests and mountain areas of eastern Fresno County, said progress is being made on the southern edge of the fire.

“The Garnet fire has 8% containment and along the southern edge of the fire they’ve been able to create some containment lines there,” Magsig said. “So a lot of people who are south of the fire where we still have some evacuation warning areas, really the level of danger is dropping because they’ve able to

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