CA-SHF - Gulch - Wildland Fire - 2,847 acres - 95%

September 11, 2008 -- Gulch Fire Update

Incident: Gulch Wildland Fire
Released: 43 min. ago

FIRE UPDATE

Update No. FS-SHF-09-11-08-01 September 11, 2008 @ 9:00 a.m.

GULCH FIRE

STATUS: Estimated Acres Burned: 2,847Estimated Percent Contained: 95% Expected Full Containment: September 11, 2008Cause: Under Investigation Date Started: September 7, 2008Structures Threatened: NoneRESOURCES:Crews: 7Engines: 18Helicopters: 1Dozers: 2Water Tenders: 9Total Resources Assigned: 343~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Current Situation: The fire is located three miles west of Platina, California, north and south of State Highway 36. Firefighters continue to make good progress with mopping up hot spots within 300 feet of the fire perimeter and fire suppression damage repair activities.

Today's Objectives: Fire crews will patrol and mop-up hot spots within 300 feet of the fire perimeter, continue fire suppression damage repair, and remove excess equipment and fire hose as appropriate.

Evacuations: All evacuation notices surrounding the Gulch Fire area have been lifted by the Shasta County Sheriff Department. State Highway 36 is currently open to traffic. The public should be prepared for possible delays due to hazard tree removal. For updated road information, call CalTrans at (800) 427-7623 or www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo/.

Remarks: NorCal Team II is scheduled to transfer command of the fire to a smaller incident management organization on Friday morning. Demobilization of resources continues.

Forest Closures: A Forest Closure Order is in place near the Iron-Alps Complex (not related to the Gulch and Elmore Fires) on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest prohibiting public use of National Forest System lands north and south of Highway 299. A detailed closure map and description may be found at: www.fs.fed.us/r5/shastatrinity/conditions. Additional Information: Fire information for Shasta-Trinity National Forest fires, call (530) 226-2368 (6:00am-8:00pm), or for recorded fire information, call (530) 226-2500 (press 2). Additional information is also available online at www.fs.fed.us/r5/shastatrinity or http://www.inciweb.org/.