InciWeb UPDATE: Angora Wildland Fire:

Friday, June 29, 2007

InciWeb UPDATE: Angora Wildland Fire:

Angora Wildland Fire

INCIDENT UPDATE - Angora Wildland Fire

ANNOUNCEMENT

Public Meeting to be Held Friday, June 29, 8:00 p.m. South Tahoe Middle School
A Public Meeting will be held at the SouthTahoe Middle School, 2870 Lake Tahoe Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, CA. The Meeting will take place Friday, June 29, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.The purpose of the meeting is t... more

Angora Fire Perimeter Map overlayed on Forest Recreation Base Map

Angora Fire Perimeter Map (map was generated 10:54 p.m. 06_27_07)
Credit: Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

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Summary

Note: Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit entered into Fire Restrictions on June 24. Campfires, including charcoal bbqs, are prohibited except in Fee Camgrounds.

The next official news release will be 06/29/07
The County Sheriff has established an Evacuation Re-Entry hot line with information at (530) 573-7966
For current evacuation and re-entry information visit "http://cityofslt.us"
For preliminary list of lost or damaged structures visit "http://www.edso.org"

Basic Information

Incident Type	Wildland Fire
Cause	Under Investigation
Date of Origin	06/24/2007 at 1410 hrs.
Location	West of South Lake Tahoe
Incident Commander	Rich Hawkins

Current Situation

Total Personnel	2,008
Size	3,100 acres
Percent Contained	70%
Estimated Containment Date	07/03/2007 at hrs.
Fuels Involved	Heavy Timber with large dead and down component
Fire Behavior	Light fire activity observed in all Divisions.
Significant Events	Crews continued to make good progress with mop-up and patrol operations. Mop-up will continue to be completed 300 feet interior of the line and snags will continue to be felled 500 feet interior of the line. Evacuations remain in effect for portions of the South Lake Tahoe community.

Outlook

Planned Actions	Line improvement, mop-up and patrol will continue on all Divisions. Mop-up will continue to be completed 300 feet interior of the line and snags will continue to be felled 500 feet interior of the line. Active Fire Suppression Rehab. in Division S.
Projected Movement	Projected incident movement/spread during next operational period: 12 hours: No forward spread is expected. 24 hours: No forward spread is expected. 48 hours: No forward spread is expected. 72 hours: No forward spread is expected
Growth Potential	Low
Terrain Difficulty	Medium
Containment Target	07/03/07
Remarks	Active demobilization of excess resources will continue, with large scale demobilization during the next operational period. Number of structures damaged or destroyed represent the June 24-25th operational period. The increase to structures destroyed is due to the Damage Assessment Teams developing a more accurate assessment. On-going assessment will continue in the field. Structure loss is estimated in the amount of $141,000,000. The Angora Fire remains in the Unified Command. Active demobilization of excess resources.

Weather

Current Wind Conditions	6 mph S
Current Temperature	54 degrees
Current Humidity	42 %

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Friday, June 29, 2007