Fire Update
- Northern site: all fires in the American River Complex are contained except Peavine, Government, and Westville. Peavine fire is 320 acres, 0% containment, 3 crews, 3 engines, 1 dozer (75 people). A fire weather watch is in effect from Saturday morning through late Sunday night for dry lightning. They are hoping the inversion layer stays in place. Storms are expected to become wetter by Sunday morning. See yubanet.com for more info on weather.
- Southern site: all fires are contained except the Star fire, which is 8 miles SE of Wawona in the south fork of the Merced River drainage and the Oliver fire which is 2200 acres, 20% containment. They expect full containment by July 5. 1200 people on this fire, managed by Calfire.
See a map of the current fires (fires are derived from the MODIS satellite 6-26-08).




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