RIM FIRE INFORMATION
Update #24
Release for Saturday, August 31, 2013/Time: 6:30 AM
Incident Statics
Acres Burned:
219,277 (343 square miles)
Containment: 35%
Fire Start Date: August 17, 2013
Fire Cause: Under Investigation
Cost to date: $54.8 million
Total Personnel
Fire Update
Last
night a spot fire crossed Old Yosemite Road, prompting an expansion of
the Mandatory Evacuation in Mariposa County. Crews burned south from
Hetch Hetchy toward
Harden Lake on the eastern flank. Crews continued structure defense in
the Highway 108 and 120 corridors, and around Cherry Lake. Today’s
operations will included actions to control the spot fire south of Old
Yosemite Road. Crews will also begin a burning
operation from Duckwall Mountain north to Fahey Meadow along Forest
Road 3N07and will continue a burning operation in Yosemite National Park
near Harden Lake and south to White Wolf and to Tioga Road. Aircraft
will continue to support burning operations.
Park and Forest Closures
Yosemite National Park has closed
Tamarack Flat and Yosemite Creek
Campgrounds, both located along Tioga Road. White Wolf Campground and
White Wolf Lodge remain closed.
The Stanislaus
National Forest has issued an area closure for the entire Groveland
Ranger District and for the Mi-Wok Ranger District east of Highway 108.
Additional details are available from the Stanislaus
Forest Supervisor's Office, 209-532-3671; Mi-Wok Ranger Station, (209) 586-3234; Summit Ranger Station, 209-965-3434; and Groveland Ranger Station, 209-962-7825.
Road Closures
Highway 120 remains closed from Buck Meadows to 1 ½ miles east of White Wolf.
Highway 120 east/Tioga Road remains open from
1 ½ miles east of White
Wolf to the Tioga Pass entrance. Cherry Lake Road is closed at Highway
120. Evergreen Road and Old Yosemite Road are also closed.
Highway 120 from Ferretti Road to Buck Meadows remains open for local
residents and businesses only.
Evacuations and Advisories
The
Mariposa County Sherriff has expanded the Mandatory Evacuation along
Old Yosemite Road to include areas North and South of Bull Creek Road
to Little Grizzly Mountain. The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Department on Thursday lifted the evacuation advisory for Tuolumne City,
Soulsbyville and Willow Springs.
The evacuation advisory remains in effect for Ponderosa Hills and areas east, along the south side of Highway 108 up to
Pinecrest. An Evacuation Warning has been issued for all residences of Bondurant Mine Road, Texas Hill Road, and Wampum Hill.
Highway 120 at the Yosemite National Park boundary west to Buck Meadows has been evacuated.
Evacuation centers are at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds in Sonora and at the Greeley Hill
Community Center.
