Kincade Fire in Northern California 30 percent contained

The Kincade Fire, burning in Sonoma County of Northern California for one week, expanded only a few hundred acres in size, standing at 76,825 acres (310.9 square km) as of Wednesday morning, local media reported, saying "the overnight battle against this year's biggest wildfire appeared to be won."

According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), as winds, Tuesday night was no strong as predicted, for which the National Weather Service canceled its wind advisory warning for the fire zone, fighters "continued to make forward progress."

After Tuesday night's wind event, the weather will improve for the next five to seven days, but no rain is in the forecast any time soon.

By Wednesday morning, 30 percent of the blaze had been contained, the Cal Fire said, about 5,000 firefighters are posted to battle the blaze with help from 27 helicopters and 592 engines.

However, the destructive fire has destroyed 189 buildings, including 86 homes and is threatening 80,435 structures. Meanwhile, about 156,000 people remain under evacuation orders.

Local San Francisco Chronicle newspaper reported that helicopters dropped 2.7 million gallons of water and airplanes dropped more than a million gallons of fire retardant Wednesday to tamp down hot spots and buffer the perimeter.

The National Interagency Coordination Center disclosed Tuesday that 23.3 million U.S. dollars had been spent to fight the Kincade Fire.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)