CA-LPF- Zaca - Acres: 53,500

ZACA Fire Summary
Evening Update - Saturday August 4, 2007
Summary

Acres: 53,500
Percent Containment: 70
Estimated Containment September 7, 2007
Hand Crews: 64
Bull Dozers: 15
Fire Engines: 114
Water Tenders: 27
Helicopters: 7 Type-I, 6 Type-II and 3Type-III (operational during daylight hours only)
Fixed Wing Air Tankers: 8 on order for tomorrow (operational during daylight hours only)
Fixed Wing Air Attack Aircraft: 2 (operational during daylight hours only)
Structures Threatened: 515
Fireline-to-Build: 36 miles
Estimated Cost-to-Date: $45.6 million
Injuries: 12
Number of Personnel Currently Assigned to the Fire: 2,231

Significent Events:
The fire made significant downhill runs southward into the Santa Cruz Creek drainage today. Aerial burnout was employed to minimize the impact of runs up against a dozer line defending the Peachtree community. The fire also made significant advances eastward in the East Fork of Santa Cruz Creek drainage, reaching Buckhorn Road at the (unoccupied)Bluff Guard Station. Winds out of the west benefited control along the western flanks of the fire, but increased fire activity along the east side of the fire, resulting in a large increase in acreage.

Planned Actions:
Direct line construction will continue where possible in all Divisions where there is active fire. Indirect line construction and preparation for burnout operations if necessary, will continue in portions of the west and south east sides of the fire. Bull Dozers are continuing to clean up of existing fuelbreaks that are to be used as contingency lines. Peachtree and Paradise Road structure protection groups have been re-inforced and continue improvements around structures.