Fire at Upper Culvert, Auburn?

[Finch Platte]

Anyone know anything?

Steve says it looks like it's on the other side of Fuel Break- looks huge.

Fock.

[nachomc]

AUBURN, Calif. -- About 30 acres have burned in the Auburn State Recreation area, fire officials say.
The fire, reported near Mammoth Bar, is growing.
Cal Fire said crews have been sent to the area.

http://www.kcra.com/news/20079643/detail.html

[Roger___]

I was at the fairgrounds picking up my daughter from day care, could see the smoke, definitely looks to be in the middle fork, not sure if it's above or below old foresthill road. Rather than be the typical looky lue I didn't attempt to drive toward 49 to check out the exact location.

I wouldn't say huge yet, but unfortunately potentional is there....Old Town Fire house was emptying out as I passed by on the way home.

Edit: Journal link: http://auburnjournal.com/detail/119448.html

75 acres and it does appear to be between old foresthill road and confluence.

[mtrh8]

News is saying 250 acres now. This could get really bad.They have evacuated the campgrounds at Ruck-a-Chucky and Clementine.

[redmr2_man]

^yeah i just heard that update as well. 250 is scary...

[Finch Platte]

Fireworks.

Dammit.

[Finch Platte]

Originally Posted by redmr2_man

^yeah i just heard that update as well. 250 is scary...

Man, that was quite a speedy jump from 30 to 250 acres.

[redmr2_man]

your meth house is burning gary and all you can say is that?

I'm ashamed.

[Roger___]

They just showed pics of the gun range by Grizzly Bear house, they lit backfires to keep it from moving to the houses east of there. Hope they save the Divide Trail.....from the looks of it though much of the trails/climbs in Mammoth Bar are torched.

[0gre]

This is probably just the beginning of a bad fire season. Haven't we had Auburn fires 3 years in a row now? This sucks :|

[nachomc]

Originally Posted by Finch Platte

Fireworks.

Dammit.

If it really is fire works, I hope they catch the people and hang em. They're too stupid to live.

[MrCrash]

Up to 400 acres now, at 5% containment according to the TV report...

[grandsalmon]

,,,not the first site I was thinking of, but this will do-

YubaNet.com

From Nevada City there is a long, thick plume stretching over, all the way to the Buttes.

[Buzz Cut]

CA-NEU- Mammoth - Mammoth Bar Recreation Area 500 acres
Wildfire - North of Auburn in Placer County has grown to over 500 acres since starting at around 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon, potential for greater than 1000. Cal Fire fire fighters, standing from left to right Todd Newell, Josh Petrilla and Chris Wurster watch the 250-acre fire burn before air support flies over.


Photo Credit: Auburn Journal


Evacuations: Placer County Sheriff’s Office deputies are currently evacuating Grizzly Range, the American River Confluence and the Lake Clementine Recreational Area, according to Sheriff’s spokeswoman Dena Erwin.
Evacuations of the Grizzley Range, Foresthill Rd. and Lake Clementine.
Ongoing at Mammoth Bar Recreation Area, recreation areas are being evacuated.

Road closures: CHP and PCSO shutting down foresthill bridge due to heavy fire at the road.
California Highway Patrol had closed Old Foresthill Road between the Confluence and Forest hill Road as of 3:30 p.m. Highway 49 bridge connecting Auburn to Cool remained open as of 4:30 p.m.
Forest hill Road off Interstate 80 has also been closed.
Update: 1800hrs -Radio reports possibly over 500 acres.
Update: 17300hrs - 450 acres, Shooting range was saved by ground crews with backfiring, next structures 1/2 mile away
Update: 1700hrs - 400+ acres, IC estimates at 5% contained - Grizzly bear shooting range threatened. 6 tankers now on the fire.
Update: 1500 hrs - IC requesting additional resources - fire has now spotted onto the El Dorado side of the river.

IA: 1430 Hrs -Vegetation fire in the river bottoms in the Auburn area started by fire works. AA on scene reporting 30 acres, 2 additional copters and 2 additional tankers as well as ground resources.
Location: North of Auburn in Placer County, Forest Hill is the closest community to the fire.centered in the heavily wooded Mammoth Bar Recreation Area.. So far, no structures have burned.
GPS: 14435 Lat. 38,55.2 Long. 120,59.7
Resources: 16 engines, six fire crews and nine aircraft.ST 9140 C(type3),
AA 230, T-88, T-89, T-82, T-83, Copter 512, and Copter 404
Comms: Placer command west 156.2400 tac?-151.250, Air - 151.280
Weather: 1600hrs - NWS
99°F
(37°C)
Humidity: 16 %
Wind Speed: SW 6 MPH
Barometer: 30.05 in (N/A mb)
Dewpoint: 45°F (7°C)
Heat Index: 95°F (35°C)
Visibility: 10.00 Miles
Cause: Fireworks suspected.
Webcam: http://www.kcra.com/wxcam/1471805/detail.html
Live stream: http://www.kcra.com/video/9292412/index.html
Pictures at: http://auburnjournal.com/detail/119448.html

[Sean Allan]

It looks to be mostly out at this point. They had the road closed at the bridge so we had to be escorted down the road to about Grizzly Bear House on the FDLT.
It burned right to the trail and it's hard telling what the dozers did, but my guess is they were in there cutting some decent sized breaks.
I couldn't tell if they rolled right up the trail from the trailhead or not but they had all the heavy equipment trailers at the trailhead. I don't think any of the FDLT is affected from the fire, fire suppression maybe.

Most of the fire appeared to be below the Eastside trail and up through Mammoth Bar to Foresthill Rd.

[nachomc]

I hope so

[sactojesse]

Originally Posted by nachomc

I hope so

Ditto.

[Buzz Cut]

Mammoth Fire Incident Information:
Last Updated: July 16, 2009 9:40 pm
Date/Time Started: July 16, 2009 2:33 pm
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE / Neveada-Yuba-Placer Unit
County: Placer County
Location: American River Canyon - Mammoth Bar Recreation Area east of Auburn
Acres Burned: 525 acres
Containment 525 acres - 40% contained
Cause: Under Investigation
Cooperating Agencies: CAL FIRE, Placer County Sheriff
Total Fire Personnel: 375 (325 CAL FIRE)
Engines: 27 (25 CAL FIRE)
Fire crews: 12 CAL FIRE
Airtankers: 5
Helicopters: 4
Dozers: 6 (3 CAL FIRE)
Water tenders: 4
Conditions: No current community threats or known evacuations. Forest Hill Road closed at Lincoln Way in Auburn; traffic is being escorted through.
Phone Numbers (530) 823-4083 (Mammoth Fire Information

[Buzz Cut]

Cal Fire says 90% containment at 525 acres as of Friday am

[jrm]

Originally Posted by Finch Platte

Anyone know anything?

Steve says it looks like it's on the other side of Fuel Break- looks huge.

Fock.

Is what ive read this morning..

[Carl Hungus]

Good job to the fire crews as it looks like they got that thing knocked down pretty fast. It's going to be another rough fire season here in NorCal. Three straight dry winters means lots of fuel. I hope this fire didn't damage the trails too bad for you Auburn folks. Sounds like it could have been much worse.

[Quercus agrifolia]

Three cheers for the fire crews!

That being said, I was planning on riding the Clementine loop tomorrow morning; if anybody finds out about the access situation today, please post here so I can make other plans if need be.

[Finch Platte]

Originally Posted by Quercus agrifolia

Three cheers for the fire crews!

That being said, I was planning on riding the Clementine loop tomorrow morning; if anybody finds out about the access situation today, please post here so I can make other plans if need be.

I'll be sending a spy out later today for a looksee. He'll report back as soon as he finds out wassup.

And yeah- thanks to all the firefighters. Much appreciated!

[nachomc]

Originally Posted by Quercus agrifolia

Three cheers for the fire crews!

YES

Originally Posted by Quercus agrifolia

That being said, I was planning on riding the Clementine loop tomorrow morning; if anybody finds out about the access situation today, please post here so I can make other plans if need be.

Would you mind taking some pics of the area?

[sactojesse]

Originally Posted by Quercus agrifolia

Three cheers for the fire crews!

[chairthruster]

always interesting to see flames from my living room window. Good thing there wasn't much wind yesterday afternoon and evening, and huge thanks to the fire crews pushing this one down. I anxiously await eyewitness reports from the trail conditions when things open back up, and will provide whatever I gather as well.

[Quercus agrifolia]

Originally Posted by nachomc

Would you mind taking some pics of the area?

Shirley. And there are bound to be others doing the same.

[Mr.P]

Originally Posted by Quercus agrifolia

Shirley. And there are bound to be others doing the same.