CA-TCU- Big Creek Fire Groveland Area; Tuolumne County [Updated]

Thursday, July 30, 2015

CA-TCU- Big Creek Fire Groveland Area; Tuolumne County [Updated]

BIG CREEK FIRE CA-TCU- BIG CREEK FIRE Tuolumne County

Further Updates At: http://calfire.blogspot.com/2015/08/ca-tcu-big-creek-fire-tuolumne-county.html

Evacuations 7-29-15 1800: Evacuations Hells Hollow rd, Sprague Rd East, and all spur roads off of them.

Road Closure 7-29-15 1800: ~~Hwy 120 is closed in both directions from Big Shaft Creek to East Hells Hollow.~~ Hwy 120 is now open.

Update 08-02-15 0900: 204 Acres, timber, 79% Contained

Threat to commercial timber, Hetch Hetchy Water and Power, PG&E infrastructure,
and Tuolumne Wild and Scenic River drainage.

No further spread is predicted.

No new 209 submitted.

Update 08-01-15 0900: 204 Acres, timber, 45% Contained
25 structures were evacuated. Crews are working to gain containment.
Threat to commercial timber, Hetch Hetchy Water and Power, PG&E infrastructure,
and Tuolumne Wild and Scenic River drainage.
Extended driving times and remoteness of incident hampers fire containment.
Update 07-30-15 0900: 265 acres - 5% contained

Location: Groveland Area; Sprague Rd E X Bucktail Dr,
IA ROS: Rapid
IA ROC: Groveland Area; Bucktail Dr X Sprague Rd E, Structures Threatened, Heavy Spotting. Structures are threatened

Structure threat: Yes

Fuels: Heavy Timber

CAL FIRE Incident Report:

BIG CREEK FIRE

Big Creek Fire Incident Information:
Last Updated:	July 30, 2015 11:25 am
Date/Time Started:	July 29, 2015 6:00 pm
Administrative Unit:	CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calevaras County
County:	Tuolumne County
Location:	off Hwy 120 and Sprague Rd near Groveland
Acres Burned - Containment:	265 acres - 5% contained
Evacuations:	Hells Hollow Rd. Groveland Community Hall being opened as the evacuation center.
Long/Lat:	-120.15644/37.823
Conditions:	Hwy 120 is now open.
Phone Numbers	(209) 754-5527 (Big Creek Fire Information Line)

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Thursday, July 30, 2015