FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Garnet Fire raged for the eighth day in eastern Fresno County on Monday.

"It's a very active fire, intense fire, but it's not rapidly spreading or growing," Public Information Officer Jay Tracy told Action News.

Tracy confirms the containment is growing.

"This is contained right along the Kings River," he said, "and they're trying to keep the fire north of the Kings River."

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Images from the U.S. Forest Service show crews on the frontlines. They are not only fighting the flames but battling intense heat.

Temperatures soared on Monday afternoon to more than one hundred degrees. The heat and the wind pose some of the greatest challenges, officials say.

"It also dries that stuff out that's on

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