Containment grows on Garnet Fire as incident enters 4th week burning in Sierra 

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Containment is growing on the Garnet Fire as the fire's once explosive growth is slowing down.

The Cal-Fire incident page shows that as of Monday evening, the fire is now 59,433 acres and 73% contained.

Forest Service officials briefed the community online Monday night as the Garnet Fire stretched into its fourth week, burning in the Sierra National Forest. The fire started Aug. 24 and has been growing since.

Ahead of the meeting, Garnet Fire Public Information Officer Austin Gonzagowski detailed their plan to keep containment growing on one of the largest fires burning in the state this year.

"We have concentrated efforts here in the north, and that's where the majority of our efforts have been concentrated. And that's because we hadn't quite tied t