Fire crews continue to make progress on a pair of tenacious wildland conflagrations burning in Monterey County, authorities said Friday.

The Plaskett Fire has been burning since Aug. 26 and was listed at 29,924 acres and 79% contained. The fire has been burning in the steep, rugged wilderness terrain of the Los Padres National Forest near Big Sur.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.