Incident Statistics
Acres Burned: 257,134
(402 square miles)
Structures
Threatened: 0
Containment: 84%
Residences
Destroyed: 11
Fire Start Date: August
17, 2013
Commercial Property Destroyed: 3
Fire Cause: Under Investigation
Outbuildings
Destroyed: 98
Cost to date: $125
million
Injuries: 10
Total
Personnel 733
Fire Update
Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National
Park Type III teams will be taking over the Rim Fire at 6:00 a.m. on Sept. 27th
2013. The spike camp at Drew Meadow will close today, and the incident command
post in Tuolumne City will begin to close Friday. Tomorrow will be the last
update.
Fire activity should again be more limited to
isolated smoldering today, given cooler temperatures. Suppression repair continues and crews
will be patrolling for any hot spots near containment lines. Firefighters are monitoring the fire in the
Yosemite and Emigrant Wilderness Areas between Cherry Lake and Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. For a Google map tour with post-fire photographs,
go to http://tinyurl.com/rimfirekmz
Public Safety
All roads
within the fire area remain closed to the public with the exception of Hwy
120. Fire personnel and contracted
equipment continue to work in the area. Hazards may include rocks and debris in
roads, weakened trees and tree limbs that may fall without notice. If you must
drive through the fire area do not stop your vehicle, leave the roadway, or
enter the burned area on foot. Please use extra caution when driving as logging
trucks are using major roads including Highways 108, 120 and 49.
Park and Forest Closures:
Evergreen Road is open only to Evergreen Lodge. Hetch Hetchy and surrounding facilities in
Yosemite Park remain closed to public access due to hazardous trees. Aspen
Valley is open to residents only. Tuolumne
Grove and Hodgdon Meadow Campground remain closed. The Stanislaus National Forest issued an
updated Rim Fire Area Closure (dated September 12, 2013) for the Groveland and Mi-Wok
Ranger Districts. Cherry Lake Road is
closed at Hwy 120. Old Yosemite and Harden Flat Roads are closed. Some
secondary roads within the fire area remain closed to non-residents.
Additional
Information:
Stanislaus National Forest Supervisor's Office, 209-532-3671;
Mi-Wok Ranger Station, 209-586-3234; Summit Ranger Station, 209-965-3434; and
Groveland Ranger Station, 209-962-7825; and Yosemite National Park,
209-372-0200.