A new evacuation center was opened at Yosemite Valley Elementary School in Yosemite National Park. New mandatory evacuations were put in place for Rancheria Government Housing, Old El Portal, Foresta and the Yosemite View Lodge. The spot fires burned an estimated total of 600 acres (2 km 2). On July 20, the fire jumped the Merced River, creating two spot fires north of the river in the Stanislaus National Forest near Miller Gulch and Ned Gulch. The fire continued to remain on the south side of the Merced River and mandatory evacuations were put in place for El Portal Trailer Court. Crews focused on improving indirect lines along Sweetwater Ridge and from Highway 140 southeast to Wawona Road. The next day, the fire moved towards Highway 140, Sweetwater Creek, Jerseydale, and Ferguson Ridge. Crews continued to build handlines off the southeast portion of the Merced River to protect Yosemite West and crews completed firelines west of Indian Flat to west of Cedar Lodge. Low-level smoke hampered visibility on July 18, grounding aircraft fighting the fire while the fire grew southeasterly. Power was restored for a portion of fire impacted areas near the National Park. By the morning of July 17, the western entrance to Yosemite National Park was closed. A Red Cross shelter was opened at a church in Mariposa for evacuees. Electricity went out in eastern areas impacted by the fire, including portions of Yosemite National Park. New containment lines were put in place near Sweetwater Ridge, which was also placed under mandatory evacuation. īy the morning of July 16, the fire had grown to 9,266 acres (37 km 2), with most of the fire growth being in the Nutmeg and Devils Gulch areas. Two more communities were put on evacuation, as well as additional road closures along Highway 140 and select roads in the forest. By the evening, 108 structures were reported threatened, and the fire was two percent contained and had grown 300 acres (1 km 2). The first evacuations were put in place for communities of Jerseydale, Mariposa Pines and Yosemite West. Crews focused on securing a fire line and protecting structures along Highway 140 and in Hite's Cove and Cedar Lodge. Burning in an inaccessible area that was extremely steep and hazardous, the fire grew to 4,000 acres (16 km 2) by the morning of July 15. Investigators determined that the Ferguson Fire started when the superheated fragments of a vehicle's catalytic converter lit vegetation on fire. The Ferguson Fire was first reported on July 13, 2018, around 8:30 PM PDT in the Savage Trading Post area, in the Sierra National Forest in California. Two firefighters were killed and nineteen others were injured in the fire. The Ferguson Fire caused at least $171.2 million (2018 USD) in damages, with a suppression cost of $118.5 million and economic losses measuring $52.7 million. The fire, which burned mostly in inaccessible wildland areas of the national forest, impacted recreational activities in the area, including in Yosemite National Park, where Yosemite Valley and Wawona were closed. The Ferguson Fire was caused by the superheated fragments of a faulty vehicle catalytic converter igniting vegetation. Interior areas of the fire continued to smolder and burn until September 19, 2018, when InciWeb declared the fire to be inactive. The fire was reported on July 13, 2018, burning 96,901 acres (392 km 2), before it was 100% contained on August 19, 2018. All Rights Reserved.The Ferguson Fire was a major wildfire in the Sierra National Forest, Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park in California in the United States. County Websites: Butte County | Lassen County | Plumas County | Tehama County.Evacuation Maps: Butte, Plumas County | Lassen County | Tehama County.Cal Fire Incident Report: Latest Information, Evacuations, Road Closures."Their fire made a run out to the north last night - a pretty good run last night - and they could use those crews." "We had two type-one hotshot crews on the night shift and day shift that I've offered up to ," Surber said. Surber said additional resources were being moved from the eastern zone of the blaze to with the northwestern edge to keep flames from reaching Old Station beyond the northern entrance to the national park. "Pretty much this will put a damper on the fire today," he added. "There was little to no fire activity and they just retreated to places where they won't bend metal and having problems with their vehicles coming out of these deep, dusty roads that turned to pretty deep mud." "From the reports we were getting from the night shift, they pulled folks out of the mud and got them on to more hard surface roads," said Surber in his Friday morning update.
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