FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Overnight, the Garnet Fire has grown by 3,500 acres since Labor Day.

The main concern for fire crews on Tuesday is developing thunderstorms and dry lightning, which was the cause behind the Garnet Fire.

Crews were working Tuesday to keep the fire from spreading east.

In the span of nine days, it has been an all-out assault from the air and the ground.

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Dozer operators pushed the fire line in an effort to slow the Garnet Fire's spread.

Heavy equipment like this helped crews carve a critical containment line.

Currently, the fire remains north of the Kings River.

"Despite a lot of the smoke that you might see, the fire isn't growing that much right now. We do have fire moving toward the east, to

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