RIM FIRE INFORMATION
Update #13
Release for Sunday, August 25, 2013/Time: 9:00 PM
Incident Statics
Acres Burned:
143,980
Structures Threatened: 4,500
Containment: 7%
Structures Destroyed: 23
Fire Start Date: August 17, 2013
Injuries:
Fire Cause: Under Investigation
Total Personnel:
Cost to date: $20.1 Million
Fire Update
The Rim Fire continues
to burn on the Stanislaus National Forest, Yosemite National Park,
Bureau of Land Management and State responsibility land. Early in the
morning the eastern edge of the fire burned actively
exhibiting extreme fire behavior. Fire crews made significant progress
along the southwestern edge of the fire and crews will continue
patrolling the fire line along the community of Pine Mountain Lake.
Firing operations and aerial resources continue along
the western edge of the fire in efforts to keep the fire from spreading
to the west toward the Highway 108 corridor. Crews continue to
construct fire line where accessibility and safety allows.
Forest Closure
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. Highway 120 east/Tioga Road remains
open. Also closed are Graham
Ranch Road, Smith Station at Highway 120, Cherry Lake at Highway 120,
and Evergreen Road. Highway 120 from Ferretti Road to Buck Meadows
remains open only for local residents and business only.
Evacuations
A Mandatory Evacuation was issued today for
residences north of Old Yosemite Road (Forest Road 2S01), and 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.
An
evacuation advisory has been issued for Tuolumne City and the area east
of Highway 108 to Mi-Wok Village. Highway 120 at the Yosemite National
Park boundary west to Buck Meadows
has been evacuated.
An evacuation center is at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds in Sonora.