While mudslides on fire-blemished territory in the eastern Sierra Nevada constrained people to leave their properties, more gentle weather in Northern California facilitated the firefighters’ work in suppressing parts of the wildfires in the area and permitted inhabitants of numerous communities to return home.

A massive mudslide in a region that was ravaged by blazes last year damaged about 50 houses and caused the provisional shutting down of a main road in the California town of Independence on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada. The harsh thunderstorms on Saturday produced the 300 yards wide mudslide, according to Carma Roper, spokeswoman for the Inyo County Sheriff's Department.

The sludge seeped across California Highway 395, triggering a deviation, and some mud came within a half mile of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which provides much of Los Angeles’ water supplies. Moreover, residents of over 50 houses were ordered to abandon the properties and were not able to return to their homes, Carma Roper said.

According to the Associated Press, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection announced that 288 blazes were still burning around the state, most of them in the mountains circling the northern border of the Central Valley.

There was no rainfall in Butte County, north of Sacramento, where thousands of homes were in danger. However, fire crews and property holders were somehow relieved on Sunday as humid air and tranquil winds facilitated the advancement. Furthermore, on Sunday morning, state officials reopened the last piece of Highway 1 near Big Sur that had been blocked because of the fires, Paul Van Gerwen, a CalFire battalion chief stationed in the area, said. The blazes were 61 percent restrained after annihilating 27 homes.