This photo provided by CAL FIRE San Bernardino Unit Public Information Office shows smoke from a blaze that erupted Feb. 16, 2022, near Eastern Sierra Regional Airport just outside the town of Bishop in the Owens Valley, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.

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Winds fan wildfire near Bishop; Big Pine evacuations ordered

A wildfire continued to burn actively Thursday in eastern California's remote Owens Valley but firefighters had so far kept it from harming small communities, authorities said.

• By The Associated Press
• February 17, 2022