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Coming up, firefighters have built containment lines around a third of the lightning fires in the North Bay and to the east of San Jose.

Progress in the Santa Cruz Mountains is slower, and we're going to get the latest.

And then, Wildfire 101. We're hearing a lot of words like containment and defensible space.

And what's a Bambi bucket? We'll talk to firefighters and others who can translate the language of wildfire for the rest of us.

That's all next after this news. Welcome to Forum.

Coming up in this hour, we're going to get an update on the Bay Area Wildfires.

Then everything you want to know about wildfire but are afraid to ask, what does

containment mean? And how big is an acre? And what kinds of vegetation are most likely to burn?

Which is worse when flames back down or lay down? We'll talk to firefighters and others who can

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