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July 29, 2008

Telegraph Fire July 29 Update 29k Acres, 25 Homes

 
The early morning incident report was sobering. Resident were informed at a community meeting that 25 homes have burned so far. 27 outbuilding have been consumed as well. 4,000 homes remain threatened. 9 firefighters have been injured since the fire began on the afternoon of July 25. The fire is 10% contained.

3,458 firefighters are assigned to the Telegraph Fire, half of which are CalFire personnel. A spike camp is being established on the north side of the fire east of Coulterville. Visitors to Yosemite should consider using the south entrance on Highway 41.

Notes from the morning 209-


"The fire is very active on all flanks. Long distance Spotting has been observed on the north, south and west flanks.

The community of Mariposa is being impacted by the fire at this time. A pre-evacuation advisement was issued to the communities of Midpines and Briceburg. Active fire behavior is being observed in all directions primarily in the south and east flanks near the advisement areas. Hwy 140 to Yosemite National Park was closed for a period of time today; CHP will be escorting traffic through one lane only. There was a town hall meeting in Mariposa to inform residents on the current fire status. Kassabaum Spike Camp will be operational beginning tomorrow at noon.

There are significant road closures in the area of the fire; specifically Hwy 140 a route to enter Yosemite National Park was completely closed for a period of time today due to the fire behavior. The power to Yosemite Valley is out. The water supply system for the Mariposa Public Utility District is threatened. The northeast flank of the fire is posing an immediate threat to the Stanislaus/Sierra National Forest within Federal Responsibility Area. Accessibility problems continue to damper suppression efforts due to terrain that is bisected by deep drainages, rock outcrops and the Merced River Canyon. "


Maps not to scale and not representative of actual fire perimeter.

Thank you for all the comments. When I get a chance later I will post some of the important links sent by locals regarding damage assessment and impacted addresses

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Posted by: retired cap mike: 5:59 AM


Comments:
Thank you very much for the updates; they are most helpful. I live in Mariposa. Now in Salinas trying to keep track of what is going on. Thank you.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : July 29, 2008 7:49 AM
 
Thanks for your terrific blog. We have relatives in Carmel Highlands and Coulterville and you've been a great source of information for fires near both locations.
# posted by Blogger crow : July 29, 2008 9:39 AM
 
Capt Mike - do you have any thoughts on the LAT article today about waterdrops and calling them "CNN drops"?
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : July 29, 2008 10:27 AM
 
http://yubanet.com/fire.php

a great source for up-to-the-minute offical info on fires everywhere.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : July 31, 2008 9:04 AM
 
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