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July 25, 2015 - CHP scanner reported a fire in Madera County south-east of Bass Lake on Saturday afternoon, July 25, 2015.

Page will be updated as reports come in.
Reminder: Scanner traffic is not OFFICIAL!


Update: 8:00 P.M.

Willow, CA-SNF-001689 Vegetation Fire, Madera County, Update

Willow Canyon Dr. X Rd 274, North Fork area

FRA/SRA

Incident is in Unified Command with CALFIRE (MMU), USFS (SNF)

150+ Acres, heavy brush and timber, 0% Contained

Unified ordering point is Sierra National Forest

South Central Sierra Interagency Incident Management Team (Cooper) has been mobilized to the incident. 

ICP will be located at North Fork Forest Fire Station

A Tentative In briefing scheduled for 1000hrs. tomorrow with transition at 1800hrs

CAL FIRE air and ground resources assigned



Update: 7:55 P.M.

The fire began at 2:30 July 25, 2015.

It started between road 274 and Douglas station road in the area of Bass Lake.

Road 274 closed, and adjacent roads and both ways into Central Camp are closed.

The area that is burning is in heavy fuels. At this time it has burned a reported 200 acres.

Resident’s Central camp has been evacuated and additional evacuation advisories have been issued in the Cascadel Woods and Bass Lake area.

The Willow fire is 0% contained at this time. The fire is under unified command with Cal-Fire Madera and Mariposa unit. A type two team has been ordered and should take over tomorrow at 1600.

Campground Closures

• Gaggs
• Whiskers 

Basic Information

Current as of	7/25/2015, 7:40:01 PM
Incident Type	Wildfire
Cause	Under Investigation
Date of Origin	Saturday July 25th, 2015 approx. 02:30 PM
Incident Commander	Unified Command
Incident Description	Wildfire

Current Situation

Total Personnel	200
Size	200 Acres
Fuels Involved	Heavy Fules

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Update: 7:49 P.M.
Ch 47 Fresno reports 250-300 acres and 0% containment

Update: 5:59 P.M.
Ch 47 Fresno reports no structures damaged and no one is hurt

Update: 5:44 P.M.
CAL FIRE reports 150 acres
Also an order is in for 2 more helicopters

Update: 4:35 P.M.
Scanner: 140 Acres
Red Cross Opens An Evacuation Center in Oakhurst For Willow Fire Residents

Update: 4:08 P.M.
Scanner: Ordering more aircraft and around 100 acres now

Update: 3:53 P.M.
Scanner: Around 75 acres

Update: 3:24 P.M.
Scanner: Mandatory Evacuations  from Willow Canyon Road to Road 274 on the Northside Voluntary on southside of Road 274

Update: 3:12 P.M.
Scanner: Additional helicopter ordered

Update: 3:00 P.M.
Scanner report a Type 2 Team is requested.
CHP Road Closures:
CLOSURE CHANGED TO RD 274 WILLOW CANYON TO CENTRAL CAMP RD -- REQ'ING CO RDS TO RESPOND OUT WITH SIGNAGE