Update #18
Release for Wednesday, August 28, 2013/Time: 6:00
AM
Acres Burned: 187,466
Structures
Threatened: 4,500
Containment: 23%
Structures
Destroyed: 111
Fire Start Date: August
17, 2013
Injuries:
Fire Cause: Under
Investigation
Total
Personnel:
Cost to date: $33 Million
| Structures Threatened: | 5,506 (4,500 residences, 1,000 outbuildings, 6 commercial) | |
| Structures Destroyed: | 111 (11 residences, 97 outbuildings, 3 commercial) | |
Last night, firefighters conducted a burning operation from Paper Cabin Ridge down to the Tuolumne River and south from Duckwall Mountain to Skidmore. Crews secured fireline around spot fires in Reynolds Creek and dozers worked on constructing fireline north from Duckwall Mountain towards Fahey Meadow. In the southern part of the fire, crews secured the line near Pilot Ridge and near the border of Yosemite National Park. For today if conditions allow, crews are expected to begin a large burning operation from Hetch Hetchy Reservoir south to Tioga Road in Yosemite National Park in an effort to stop the spread of the fire to the east, as well as a burning operation from Highway 120 to Pilot Peak.
Park and Forest Closures
Yosemite National Park has closed Tamarack Flat and Yosemite Creek
Campgrounds, both located along the Tioga Road. White Wolf Campground and White
Wolf Lodge will remain closed. If you
have questions about Yosemite National Park please call 209-372-0327 or
209-372-0329. The Stanislaus National Forest has
issued an area closure for the entire Groveland Ranger District and for the Mi-Wok
Ranger District east of Highway 108.
Additional details are available from the Groveland Ranger District,
209-962-7825
Road Closures
Highway 120 remains closed to all inbound and outbound Yosemite National
Park traffic to Crane Flat Campground. A portion of the
Tioga Road, from Crane Flat to White Wolf, will be temporarily closed to all
vehicular traffic beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, August 28, 2013, at 12:00
noon. Highway 120 east/Tioga Road remains open from White Wolf east to the
Tioga Pass entrance. Also closed are Graham
Ranch Road, Cherry Lake at Highway 120, Evergreen Road and Old Yosemite Road. Highway 120 from Ferretti Road to Buck
Meadows remains open only for local residents and business only.
Evacuations and Advisories
A Mandatory Evacuation has
been issued for residences north of Old Yosemite Road (Forest Road 2S01). Highway 120 at the Yosemite National Park
boundary west to Buck Meadows has been evacuated. An evacuation center is located at the Mother
Lode Fairgrounds in Sonora. An evacuation advisory is in effect from Tuolumne City and the area east of
Highway 108 to Pinecrest Lake. An
Evacuation Warning has been issued for all residences north of Bull Creek Road
(Forest Road 2S02), Bondurant Mine Road, Texas Hill Road, and Wampum Hill.