Vegetation Fire in Mountain Ranch

It is January, typically a month that brings showers to the foothills and snow to the mountian tops...but not 2012.
CAL FIRE has warned citizens to take care when burning outside and have all but cancelled burn days due to the dry grass and surrounding vegetation which when combined create a high fire danger.

1-12-12 - Vegetation fire Mountain Ranch...1 1/2 acres timber and brush. Began 0800 incident closed 1415.

January 11, 2011

11-CATCU 000328                                      CAL FIRE    

CDF Tuolumne/Calaveras Unit Fire Report

Fax #: 754-1959 or call 754-3831

Location (Town, street address, intersection, etc.)

18000 BLOCK JESUS MARIA ROAD

, MOUNTAIN RANCH, CALAVERAS COUNTY

Time of call

0800 HRS

Type of fire (structure, vegetation, vehicle, etc.)

VEGETATION

Units, personnel responding (departments & equipment, i.e. breathing units, air tankers, etc.)

CDF UNITS RESPONDING:

SAN ANDREAS: BATTALION CHIEF 4409, ENGINE 4461, 4473

STANDARD: BATTALION CHIEF 4420

BASELINE: HANDCREW 2, 4

LOCAL UNITS RESPONDING:

CENTRAL FIRE: CHIEF 120, ENGINE 121

MOKELUMNE HILL FIRE: WATER TENDER 159

SAN ANDREAS FIRE: WATER TENDER 169

Injuries

NONE

Cause of fire (arson, children playing w/matches, electrical short, etc.)

UNDER INVESTIGATION

Damage estimate (breakdown structure/contents)

1 ½ ACRES BRUSH, TIMBER AND OAK WOODLAND VEGETATION.  ESTIMATED DOLLAR DAMAGE IS REPORTED AT $300.

Time to extinguish

INCIDENT CLOSED AT 1415 HRS