Tuesday, June 26, 2007

CA-TMU-Angora - UPDATES from morning 209

From North Ops 209 0630 :

Angora Incident,
  • 2730 acres with 40% percent containment.
  • 275 structures reported damaged / destroyed.
  • The Angora Fire is now reported at 2,730 acres ( Acreage increase was due to better mapping after GPS flight.)
  • Currently 1,889 firefighters are on scene.

A backfire on the northeast side conducted last night is still sending up a lot of smoke. Good progress has been made and Rich Hawkins type 1 IMT team has taken over command of the incident.
The control problems continue to be large snags, steep rugged terrain with rocks. Downed powerlines in the area along w/ potential of hazardous enviroments while mopping up lost structures.

Hwy 50 and 89 are both open with local road closures in the affected area's.

The ICP is located at Heavenly Ski Park and is in Unified Command with USFS, South Lake Tahoe City and Lake Valley Fire District. Hwy 50 and 89 are both opened again without restrictions.

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