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"It's a pleasant surprise," Kay fire and forest fires raging in <br /> TIRE FIRE <br /> said of the swifter-than-expected other parts of the state, has been <br /> containment. "Not enough credit moderate to good in recent days, <br /> Continued from Bt can be given to the firefighters with less particulate matter detect- <br /> The gradual extinguishment of and other folks who have worked ed, according to Janis Parker, <br /> the fire has been good for air long and hard to get this under spokeswoman with the San <br /> quality in the Central Valle control. Their efforts greatly Joaquin Valley Air Pollution <br /> including San Joaquin County,' <br /> ounty, exceeded expectations." Control District. <br /> officials said. In contrast, a similar tire fire Williams Fire and Hazard <br /> Lightning struck the pile of near Tracy continues to smolder Control will scale back its pres- <br /> about 7 million tires Sept. 22, more than a year after it started. ence at the site in the coming <br /> igniting the fire.Authorities feared EPA officials said techniques days, Kay said. Crews will contin- <br /> at first that the massive blaze used to douse the Westley blaze ue, however, to separate and <br /> would burn for months and <br /> wouldn't work in Tracy because of stockpile the tires and to skim <br /> destroy as many as 5 million tires, differences in the topography, tire away oil produced from the burn- <br /> But as they excavated small depth and other factors. The EPA ing rubber. <br /> continues to monitor the Tracy "We're very pleased," Stanislaus <br /> sections of the burning pile and fire, however, and may take County Chief Executive Officer <br /> doused them with foam and another look at the situation to Reagan Wilson said of the progress. <br /> water, crews discovered that the see if anything more can be done, "Now we have to clean it up." <br /> flames had not penetrated as Kay said. Officials with the county and <br /> deeply as they initially thought, Air quality, which had suffered the California Integrated Waste <br /> enabling them to get the upper in recent weeks in the Central Management Board began imple- <br /> hand. Valley because of the Westley tire menting a plan this week to pro- <br />