Sunday, September 16, 2007

Butler #2 Fire - 5% contained - 13,829 acres.

Butler Two header from Bear Mountain resorts webcam

Google Map of Butler fire
Butler 2 fire

Date/Time Started:
September 14, 2007 1:51 pm
Administrative Unit: Unified Command Cal Fire - San Bernandino National Forest
County: San Bernandino County
Location: Northwest of Big Bear
Lat: 34° 15´ 18"
Long: 116° 59´ 59"
Acres Burned:
Containment 5% contained - 13,829 acres
North of Big Bear
Phone Numbers (909) 383-5688 (Butler #2 Fire Information)


Mandatory evacuations of Fawnskin, From the Big Bear Dam to The Discovery Center north of Hwy 38. An evacuatiion center has been setup at the Big Bear High School in Sugarloaf.

Mandatory evacuations Holcomb Valley, Fawnskin, Green Valley Lake, Crab Flats Campground, Fishermans Group Campground, Tent Peg Campground, Camp Whittle, Big Pine Flats, Ironwood, Hanna Flats Campgrounds, and Butler Peak Lookout

Voluntary Evacuations have been called for Lucerne Valley from Crystal Creek Road on the east to High Rd on the west and North to the Ptizer Buttes area.

Road Closures:
Polique Canyon Rd in Fawnskin, 2N13, both ends of 3N14, 4N16, 3N16 at Crab Flats, Grays Peak Trailhead, Highway 18 From Big Bear To Running Springs

Updates: Jim Wilkins, PIO, at 8:35 pm: IR Based GPS flight and the acreage has been down-sized to 13,829 acres; fire is 5% contained; Hanna Flats campground has been destroyed; 1 out building at the YMCA Camp Whittle was destroyed but the camps were saved; estimated cost to date is 1.5 million; 1085 personnel; Unified Command and a Type 1 Incident; Fire is currently holding on the west flank as favorable winds are pushing away from GVL; fire is 1.5 miles away from GVL; winds are out of the southwest; fire is in heavy 50 to 100 year old fuels
Google Earth KMZ file from NorthTree fire http://www.northtreefire.com/gis/intel/butler_fspro.kmz

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