Incident Overview
Yosemite Fire Update July 28, 2014
El Portal Fire A community briefing is scheduled for 6pm, tonight at the El Portal Elementary School. The current fire conditions will be presented. As of this morning the fire is at approximately 2,600 acres, with 5% containment. Evacuations are still in effect. This fire has been fast moving and there has been incredible firefighting work done to protect employees, residents and the park. The fire is on both National Park Lands and Stanislaus National Forest. Joint Unified Command has been established. • As with any incident in our park, firefighter and public safety is our number one priority. We appreciate everyone's assistance and concern. The incident is under investigation. • The Dark Hole and El Portal Fires will be managed by the California Interagency Incident Management Team 5, a Type 1 team for efficiency. The Dark Hole is approximately 585 acres and was started by lighting. Structures are threatened and there has been one structure lost in Foresta. Strike teams have been stationed at residences to protect these facilities. Crane Flat and Yosemite Creek Campgrounds have been closed. Bridalveil Campground is being used for fire operations. The Big Oak Flat Road is closed between Crane Flat south to the Highway 140 Junction. This is a hard closure until further notice for the public, employees and residents. Tioga Pass Road, Hwy 41 and Hwy 140 remain open. Over 700 fire resources have been assigned. Future fire updates for the El Portal Fire will provided by the Incident Management Team, working closely with park management.Basic Information
| Current as of | 7/28/2014, 10:36:02 AM |
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| Incident Type | Wildfire |
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com> wrote:
Webcam: Turtleback Dome #2 is best!This afternoon a real rager of a wildfire started and blew up near El Portal on the Groveland District of the Stanislaus National Forest outside Yosemite National Park but is being managed at least initially by the Park. All told, 2100 acres have burned with known structure loss sans specifics.
There is no incident page as of yet to my knowledge!Hotlist threads:
http://hotlist.wildlandfire.com/threads/41974-CA-YNP-El-Portal
http://hotlist.wildlandfire.com/threads/41978-CA-YNP-El-PortalLive scanner feed:
http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/2278/web
http://ssgic.cr.usgs.gov/dashboards/WebCam.htm
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