CREEK FIRE INCIDENT UPDATE Date: 10/18/2020 Time: 9:00 AM Fire Information: 844-668-3473 South Zone Media Line: 559-790-6374 @SierraNF @CAL_FIRE North Zone Media Line: 844-668-3473 Incident Email: [email protected] @MaderaSheriff @FresnoSheriff Incident Website: www.fire.ca.gov @CALFIREMMU @CALFIREFresnoCoFire https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7147/
INCIDENT FACTS Incident Start Date: 09/04 /2020 Incident Start Time: 6:33 p.m. Incident Type: Wildland Fire Cause: Under Investigation Incident Location: Along the San Joaquin River near Mammoth Pool, Shaver Lake, Big Creek & Huntington Lake. Forest/CAL FIRE Units: Sierra National Forest, CAL FIRE Units Fresno-Kings and Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unified Command Agencies: California Team 1, CAL FIRE, California Team 14, Fresno County Sheriff Size: 348,085 Containment: 60% Firefighter Injuries: 26 (minor) Expected Full Containment: 10/31/2020 Structures Threatened: 119 Structures Destroyed: 983 Structures Damaged: 71 CURRENT SITUATION Current Weather: A high pressure system will keep conditions hot and dry through the end of the Situation: coming week. Smoke will accumulate in near the fire and in nearby valleys overnight and early in the day. Only limited improvement will occur during the day because of the light, slope driven winds.
NORTH ZONE: There was no fire growth on the North Zone yesterday. A transfer of command took place on Saturday, October 17 at 6:00 PM and California Team 1 has taken over from the Northern Rockies Team 4. A priority for firefighters on the North Zone today is to continue the work to secure and improving the line around the area of Red Top. They will also continue to systematically conduct suppression repair from Upper Chiquito to the San Joaquin River.
For the entire Zone crews will continue to improve and strengthen firelines and patrol and mop up, looking for any activity that may threaten the control lines. Any unburned islands that have the potential to spot outside the control lines will be mopped up as well. Hazard trees in work areas and near the fireline will continue to be cut. Work to improve access to roads and to fall hazard trees will also continue.
At the far north end of the fire it has burned into the granite outcrops of the high country and continues to creep and burn any available fuels, but forward progression has stopped. Because of access issues and safety concerns this area will be monitored by air and infrared heat flights.
SOUTH ZONE: Overnight, as expected, fire activity made little progress. Active fire line remains confined to the northeastern part of the fire. A precautionary structure defense plan is in place for
Thomas Edison Lake which includes potential firing operations to increase the defensible space around the structures. Firing operations are not expected to be utilized prior to Sunday evening at the earliest. Crews will continue to secure construction line around the Florence Lake area, as well as patrol and mop-up from Florence Lake to the North/South Zone break, located near Redinger Lake. Crews proceed to remove hazard trees along road systems throughout the burn area.
Suppression lines are continually being repaired. Suppression repair work is occurring on approximately 350 miles of line and assessments of impacts are nearly complete. Evacuation The evacuation map of Creek Fire evacuations for Map: Fresno and Madera counties is available online: https://nifc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/in dex.html?id=28ce52cb86bf49dea0adef5a78b3c1b5 Incident The Sierra National Forest will host an Incident Briefing on Monday at 7pm via Facebook Briefing: Live: https://www.facebook.com/SierraNF/ Damage Fresno County and Madera County: Inspection: An interactive damage assessment map for Fresno County and Madera County is available: Fresno County Damage Assessment Map or https://bit.ly/3kxDyvI Temporary Temporary Flight Restriction: Perimeter runs from South Merced River Fork on the south Flight end of Yosemite National Park, south to Millerton Lake roughly following Route 41, east Restriction: to Kings Canyon National Park, and north to Inyo National Forest. See: tfr.faa.gov Evacuation Warnings: Madera County: Complete list of evacuation warnings at Sheriff’s website. Road Closures: Fresno County: Highway 168 at Kaiser Pass Road. Madera County: Cascadel Road at 8S09, Beasore Road at Road 274, Road 274 at Central Camp Road, Road 632 at Buckskin Lane, and Road 4S81 at the fire’s edge. Closure updates are listed at: https://www.facebook.com/MaderaSheriff/. Temp. Evac. Points: Fresno County- Clovis North High School - 2770 East International Ave. Clovis, CA Missing Persons: Fresno County Sheriff 559-600-3111 Madera County Sheriff 559-658-2555 National Forest Effective October 16, 2020, the Sierra National Forest closure has been modified under Closures: Forest Closure Order No. 05-15-00-20-16 through November 1, 2020. Conditions will be re- evaluated daily. For information, please go to the Sierra National Forest website or Inciweb at: fs.usda.gov/alerts/sierra/alerts-notices or https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/
ASSIGNED RESOURCES Engines: 38 Water Tenders: 37 Helicopters: 13 Hand Crews: 19 Dozers: 11 Other various equipment: 18 Total Personnel: 952 Air Tankers: Available as needed and conditions allow. Cooperating Agencies North Zone: Madera County Departments, OES, National Park Service, PG&E, Sothern California Edison, and Caltrans. South Zone: Fresno County, Fresno County Public Health, Fresno County OES, OES, Shaver Lake Fire Department, Bald Mountain Fire Protection District, Auberry Fire Department, Huntington Lake Volunteer Fire Department, Big Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Pine Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, CHP, National Park Service, CDCR, PG&E, Southern California Edison, American Red Cross, California National Guard, California Air National Guard, Caltrans, and AT&T. To learn more about wildfire preparedness visit: www.readyforwildfire.org