Gardnerville, Nev. – Great Basin Management Type 2 Team, operating under Incident Commander Mike Whalen, reports fire fighters made progress today even though the fire increased in size to 21,337 acres, with almost all of the acreage increase on the north side of the incident. The fire is now 25-percent contained with a revised full […]
Kyburz, CA…One Way Traffic Controls are in place for the 150 acre wildland fire that temporarily closed US 50 yesterday. Please expect delays in the area. The fire is estimated to be in the 160 acre range with only about 5% containment. US 50 [IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA] 1-WAY CONTROLLED TRAFFIC AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS FROM 5.5 MI EAST OF RIVERTON TO 1.5 MI WEST OF KYBURZ (EL DORADO CO) – DUE TO A WILDLAND FIRE
Gardnerville, Nev. – Great Basin Management Type II Team, operating under Incident Commander Mike Whalen, reports fire fighters made progress overnight even though the fire remained active. The fire has been downgraded to15-percent contained with the wind event that occurred yesterday afternoon. The new containment date is July 14. The fire was extremely active […]
Kyburz, CA…Crews from multiple agencies are working a 30 plus acre fire that was caused by a motorhome pulling a pickup. There is an indefinite closure in the area… Update as of 4:31pm…latest estimate on Hwy 50 reopening is 7pm.
SACRAMENTO – The Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee (TBPOC) announced today that the previously scheduled Labor Day opening of the new East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has been postponed. TBPOC also released its investigative report into the 32 bolts that broke on the Bay Bridge in March and its review of other […]
Washington, DC…Hi everybody. I hope you all had a safe and happy Fourth of July, filled with parades, cookouts, fireworks and family reunions. We celebrated at the White House with a few hundred members of the military and their families. And we took a moment amid the festivities to remember what our Independence Day is […]
Gardnerville, NV—Sierra Front Management Type III Team, operating under Incident Commander Paul Washam, reports that the Bison Fire has grown to over 7,000 acres. High sustained winds and very low humidity have made the fire extremely difficult to contain. An increasing number of fire crews and equipment will continue today to build containment lines, with […]
Sacramento, CA… Unfortunate realization of our growing wildfire season. Assembly member Bob Wieckowski and the California Forestry Association (Calforests) were saddened to hear the news of the 19 hotshot firefighters who lost their lives fighting a wildfire that has now consumed 50 structure and over 8,400 acres in Arizona. There have been 43 firefighter fatalities […]
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and […]
Gardnerville, NV…At 07-04-13 at 3:30 pm, East Fork Fire and Paramedic District responded to a report of a wild land fire in the Pine Nut Mountains, east of Gardnerville, NV. This fire is growing rapidly and its size has not been determined at this time. Additional fire resources have been called from various agencies to […]
