Looking at a Retardant Drop from Midpines on the Briceburg Fire on Monday Afternoon
Credit: Gary Francisco
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Update: 7:03 P.M. Per CAL FIRE: 550 acres with 5% containment.
Update: 5:27 P.M. Per Bureau of Land Management California: Briceburg campgrounds in the Merced River Recreation Area are closed due to fire activity. Those include McCabe Flat, Willow Placer, Railroad Flat and North Fork primitive site. Learn more here
Update: 5:00 P.M. Per Mariposa County Sheriff's Office:
Mandatory Evacuation Orders
Both sides of Highway 140 from the Octagon to Buffalo Gulch Rd.
Buffalo Gulch Rd
Map of the Evacuation area - http://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html…
A Red Cross Shelter has been established at the New Life Christian Church located at 5089 Cole Rd.
Fire Advisements
Colorado Rd from Hwy 140 to Davis Rd.
Davis Rd.
Hwy 140 from Colorado Rd to the Midpines Market.
Ponderosa Way including all side roads: Deer Park, Leichtlin Ln and Feliciana Mtn Rd.
Rancheria Creek Rd
Rumley Mine Rd
This is a Fire Advisement only, to inform residents of a fire in the area. Should conditions change you may be asked to evacuate immediately.
Road Closures
Hwy 140 closed at Colorado Rd to the Savages trading post in El Portal. There is currently no estimated time of re-opening..
Update: 4:55 P.M. Per Mariposa County Sheriff's Office: A Mandatory Evacuation Order has been issued for the following areas: Both sides of Highway 140 from the Octagon to Buffalo Gulch Rd.
This includes the Bug Hostel area and all of Buffalo Gulch Road.
A Red Cross Evacuation Center has been established at the New Life Christian Church located at 5089 Cole Rd.
Update: 4:32 P.M. Per CHP: As of 1630 hours (4:30PM),10/07/2019 the closure is moving to SR-140 at Colorado Road, on the west end. Still closed at Cedar Lodge on the east end.
Update: 3:20 P.M. Per CAL FIRE: 500 acres with 5% containment.
Update: 9:23 A.M. YARTS: YARTS will only operate from Merced to Midpines (Bug Hostel) today, 10/7/19, due to the continued closure of Hwy 140. Please continue to check back as information will be updated here as it is received.
October 7, 2019 - CAL FIRE reports Containment at 0% with Acreage at 250 as of Monday Morning.
The Briceburg Fire in Mariposa County currently has Highway 140 to Yosemite temporarily closed.
Modis Map as of 3:15 A.M. Monday morning
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PG&E Live Cam on Mount Bullion shows the glow of the Briceburg Fire at 3:33 A.M. Monday morning
Sunday Information:
Per Mariposa County Schools: A message from the Mariposa Unified School District Transportation Department: Currently Hwy 140 East is closed in both directions from Briceburg to Incline Road. This will impact transportation services to and from El Portal Elementary and Yosemite Valley, these are bus routes 6 and 10. If possible, please find alternate transportation for your student. All schools are open and on regular bell schedules.
CAL FIRE reports 5% Containment and 45 acres
Update: 10:34 P.M. Per Mariposa County Sheriff's Office:
Hwy 140 remains closed from 15 miles East of Mariposa at the Yosemite Bug Hostel to the Cedar Lodge Hotel in El Portal. There is currently no estimated time of re-opening.
A Fire Advisement has been issued for the following areas:
Both sides of Hwy 140 from the Octagon to Buffalo Gulch Rd including Buffalo Gulch Rd.
This is a Fire Advisement only, to inform you of a fire in the area. Should conditions change you may be asked to evacuate immediately.
At this time no Red Cross Shelter has been established.
Update 9:10pm- Updated video with latest video and pictures from Sheriff’s Office Staff in the area.
All advisories and road closures remain in effect.
Lots of fire equipment in and around the forest area as CALFIRE works on dozer line and fuel breaks. Please stay out of the fire area and away from access roads leading to the fire.
Update 8:00pm
The fire has spotted over bear creek and is burning on both sides of the Briceburg Grade Canyon. The Fire Advisements for Rancheria Creek Rd and Rumley Mine Rd remain in effect. No additional Fire Advisements or Mandatory Evacuations have been issued.
Hwy 140 remains closed from 15 miles East of Mariposa at the Yosemite Bug Hostel to the Cedar Lodge Hotel in El Portal. There is currently no estimated time of re-opening.
Update: 3:40pm
A Fire Advisement has been issued for Rancheria Creek Rd and Rumley Mine Rd. This is NOT a Mandatory Evacuation Order. A Fire Advisement is issued to alert residence of a fire in the area and the potential for an evacuation should conditions change.
Hwy140 remains closed in both directions from The Bug Hostel to Savages Trading Post.
Update 2:50- Hwy 140 is closed from the bug hostel area to a few miles east of Briceburg. Please avoid the area.
Currently no evacuations or advisories have been issued.
Please watch for emergency traffic responding to the area.
