CREEK FIRE INCIDENT UPDATE Date: 10/14/2020 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: Northern Rockies Team 4, CAL FIRE, Team 14, Fresno County Sheriff Size: 337,655 Containment: 55% Firefighter Injuries: 22 (minor) Expected Full Containment: 10/31/2020 Structures Threatened: 119 Structures Destroyed: 856 Structures Damaged: 71 CURRENT SITUATION Current Weather Information: Situation: Hot and dry weather continues through Saturday with strong inversion and smoke/air quality reductions. Highs will approach records in the valley mid-week, Smoke will increase across the area resulting in decreased visibility and air quality. Critical fire weather conditions are possible by tomorrow, due to minimal humidity recovery and development of warmer than normal temperatures. Ridgetop winds at higher elevations will increase tomorrow as an upper disturbance briefly passes aloft.

Fresno County-SOUTH ZONE:

Humidity recovery was poor last night. Fire activity continued through the night with increased surface spread and isolated torching in the areas with more receptive fuel beds.

The fire has been active on the northeast near Cassidy Meadows and south of the San Joaquin River. It has been burning in a heavier amount of vegetation which changes to rock outcropping as it nears Junction Bluffs. The fire is approximately 8 miles from the Mammoth Lakes area.

Suppression lines are currently being repaired. This total reflects 249 miles of Dozer line, of which 42 miles has been repaired and 98 miles of Hand Line Construction, 2 miles has been repaired. Suppression repair work is occurring on approximately 350 miles of line and assessments of impacts are nearly complete.

Madera County-NORTH ZONE: Engines and crews continue to patrol and monitor containment lines along the western side of the fire from the San Joaquin River north to the Little Shuteye Peak area. Cutting hazard trees and chipping wood debris also continued. Crews continue to monitor the fire line area near Little Shuteye Peak working towards containment objectives.

In the areas farther north near Upper Chiquito the patrolling and mop up work also continued. In addition, suppression repair and rehabilitation work has been done on dozer lines. The Roads/Structure Group continues to work on cutting hazard trees along the roads including the 81 road corridor in order to widen the safety barrier. They are also monitoring the fire conditions near structures to make sure they remain secure. Evacuation The evacuation map of 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 today at 7pm via Facebook Live: Briefing: 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/. Temporary Evacuation Fresno County- Clovis North High School - 2770 East International Ave. Clovis, CA Points: Missing Persons: Fresno County Sheriff 559-600-3111 Madera County Sheriff 559-658-2555 National Forest Effective October 3, 2020, the Sierra National Forest will be fully closed under Forest Closure Closures: Order No. 05-15-00-20-15 through November 1, 2020. Conditions will be re-evaluated daily. For information, please go to the Sierra National Forest website at: fs.usda.gov/alerts/sierra/alerts-notices

ASSIGNED RESOURCES Engines: 56 Water Tenders: 35 Helicopters: 13 Hand Crews: 26 Dozers: 11 Other various equipment: 53 Total Personnel: 1,369 Air Tankers: Available as needed and conditions allow. Cooperating Agencies - North Zone: Madera County Departments, OES, National Park Service, PG&E, Sothern California Edison, American Red Cross, and Caltrans. South Zone: Fresno County, Fresno County Public Health, Fresno County OES, OES, Shaver Department, Bald 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