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HAYFORK -- Firefighters were battling a fast-moving blaze that started at 2 p.m. Wednesday about 18 miles west of Hayfork and 11 miles east of Mad River, a spokesman for the U.S. Forest Service said.
The Wallow fire in Trinity County had grown to 150 acres by late afternoon and was moving rapidly in a northerly direction, Forest Service spokesman Mike Odle said.
Forest Service fire crews from the Shasta-Trinity and Six Rivers national forests were being aided by helicopters and air tankers, Odle said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. Highway 36 remains open, Odle added.
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