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Larry Ponte tends to cattle as the Aero Fire burns in the Copperopolis community of Calaveras County, Calif., Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Fire retardant dropped from a plane drifts over the Aero Fire burning in the Copperopolis community of Calaveras County, Calif., on Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Mike Darby helps a rancher tend to cattle as the Aero Fire burns in the Copperopolis community of Calaveras County, Calif., on Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Firefighter Chris Fritz works to keep the Aero Fire from spreading through the Copperopolis community of Calaveras County, Calif., on Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
An air tanker drops retardant while battling the Aero Fire in the Copperopolis community of Calaveras County, Calif., Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A rancher reconnects a fence after tending to cattle as the Aero Fire burns in the Copperopolis community of Calaveras County, Calif., Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
An air tanker drops retardant while trying to stop the Aero Fire from spreading in the Copperopolis community of Calaveras County, Calif., on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)