Montgomery Fire in Mariposa County on Monday, September 8, 2014
For More Information: Montgomery Fire in Mariposa County on Sunday, September 7, 2014
This is a Final Report as of Monday Evening
79 Acres. 100% Containment.
Update: 11:09 A.M.
Stanislaus National Forest Public Information Officer Rebecca Garcia said the Montgomery Fire as of this morning was 50% contained at 79 acres with a complete dozer line around the fire.
This fire is located near Texas Hill Road, Halls Gulch and Montgomery Gulch.
The fire was called in by air support from the Meadow Fire in Yosemite National Park as they were heading to refuel at around 4:27 P.M. on Sunday, September 7, 2014.
A Type 3 Incident Team is over the fire and the cause of the fire is unknown at this time.
A tweet from around 11:00 P.M. Sunday:
USFS Fire-California
Firefighters from Sierra National Forest and Cal Fire continue to make progres on the Montgomery Fire: approx. 100 acres South of Coulterville, Calif (Mariposa Co)
| Montgomery Fire: | |
| Name: | Montgomery Fire |
| County: | Mariposa County |
| Location: | Near Ponderosa Way & Tuolumne River Rd, south of Coulterville |
| Administrative Unit: | Sierra National Forest |
| Date Started: | September 7, 2014 4:46 pm |
| Last update: | September 7, 2014 8:30 pm |
Montgomery Fire AVHRR Fire Detctions 0045 MDT Sep 8 2014
Joe Coho "Montgomery Fire AVHRR Fire Detctions 0045 MDT Sep 8 2014. Detections as of 1654 PDT by NOAA-18."
Thanks to Joe Coho for the map.
