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Update: 9:11 P.M.
Basic Information
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Current as of |
7/24/2018, 9:11:09 PM |
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Incident Type |
Wildfire |
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Cause |
Unknown |
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Date of Origin |
Friday July 13th, 2018 approx. 08:30 PM |
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Location |
Highway 140 and Savages Trading Post |
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Incident Commander |
Jay Kurth, California Interagency Incident Management Team 4(CIIMT4) |
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Coordinates |
37.652 latitude, -119.881 longitude |
Current Situation
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Total Personnel |
3,434 |
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Size |
37,795 Acres |
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Percent of Perimeter Contained |
26% |
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Fuels Involved |
Brush and timber, burning in steep inaccessible terrain. |
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Significant Events |
Hwy 140 is closed from 1.9 miles east of Midpines to the Cedar Lodge area MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE |
Outlook
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Remarks |
CAIMT4 (Kurth) is in unified command with Billy See, CALFIRE and Doug Binnewies, Mariposa County Sheriff |
Update: 7:00 P.M. Ferguson Fire Near Yosemite National Park in Mariposa County Tuesday Evening, July 24, 2018 Update: 37,795 Acres with 26% Containment
Update: 6:27 P.M. Ferguson Fire Mandatory Evacuations Lifted for Mariposa Pines Area on Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Update: 6:10 P.M. Ferguson Fire Community Meeting in Greeley Hill on Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Update: 5:43 P.M. YARTS Announces Temporary Changes to Service Schedule for Yosemite Due to the Ferguson Fire
Update: 2:10 P.M. Sierra National Forest Afternoon Operational Update Video for the Ferguson Fire on July 24, 2018
Update: 1:50 P.M. CAL FIRE Video Report for Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Update: 1:15 P.M. Yosemite National Park Announces Yosemite Valley and Wawona Closes at Noon, Wednesday, July 25, 2018 Due to Impacts of Ferguson Fire
Update: 10:11 A.M. Historical Fire Map of Fires In and Surrounding the Ferguson Fire In Mariposa County Near Yosemite National Park
Update: 6:40 A.M. Forest Service Wildland Fire Smoke/Air Quality Outlook of the Yosemite Area for Tuesday, July 24 - Includes Mariposa, Oakhurst and Yosemite
Update: 6:20 A.M. 6:57 A.M. Ferguson Fire Near Yosemite National Park in Mariposa County Tuesday Morning, July 24, 2018 Update: 36,587 Acres with 25% Containment
Update: 5:20 A.M. Ferguson Fire Near Yosemite National Park in Mariposa County Tuesday, July 24 Operations MapUpdate: 4:40 A.M. Tuesday, July 24 Infrared Map of the Ferguson Fire in Mariposa County Near Yosemite National Park
July 24, 2018 - The Ferguson Fire is burning on the Sierra National Forest near Yosemite National Park in Mariposa County.
Today at 11:00 A.M.
Ferguson Fire Community Meeting in Yosemite Valley on Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Monday Evening Information
36,102 Acres with 16% Containment
July 23, 2018 - A Ferguson Fire community meeting is scheduled for Tuesday July 24th, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the Yosemite Valley Auditorium, 9035 Village Drive, Yosemite National Park, CA. 95389. Representatives from the Unified Command of CAL FIRE, the U.S. Forest Service and the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office will present an overview of the current situation and actions underway to contain it. Parking is available along Village Drive or in the Yosemite Village Parking Area.
Firefighters are making good progress building lines to help contain the 36,102-acre Ferguson Fire. The fire stands at 16% containment with one nonresidential structure reported destroyed. Because of the efforts of crews throughout the fire area, dozens of homes have been saved.
North of the Merced River, the fire is now burning on the Stanislaus National Forest. Firefighters are making good progress with road widening and line construction using a mix of heavy equipment and hand crews in the Montgomery Gulch area. Line construction is moving steadily east toward Eagle Peak and Buena Vista.
To the south, crews completed the line from Jerseydale to the Wawona campground to protect Wawona and Yosemite National Park.
The fire was relatively inactive for most of the day because of a day-long inversion that settled in. Most of the activity was to the south near Chowchilla Mountain but also a now-contained 10-acre slop over east of Jerseydale that crews have in check.
Aerial firefighting resources being utilized include a pair of DC-10 tanker planes and a fleet of helicopters whose use has been instrumental to slow the fire’s spread.
Along the western edge of the fire area, firefighters have been successful with operations to protect structures in Jerseydale and are now mopping up areas on that edge of the fire to ensure it remains within their containment lines. Just to the north, strategic firing operations along the Sweetwater drainage are complete and have provided even more protection for communities further west.
Weather forecasts are calling for hotter and drier air throughout the week as conditions align for critical and extreme fire weather in the coming days.
Yosemite National Park remains open. For information on Yosemite National Park, go to: nps.gov/yose or call 209-372-0200.
