Elmore Fire
Incident: Elmore Wildland Fire
Released: 9/9/2008
STATUS RESOURCES
Apx. Acres Burned: 343 Crews: 9 Engines: 35
Apx. Percent Contained: 95% Helicopters: 1
Expected Full Containment: 09/10/2008 Dozers: 5
Cause: Under investigation Water Tenders: 7
Date Started: September 7, 2008 Total Resources Assigned: 391 168 (Elmore) UNCONTAINED FIRES Apx. Acres Apx
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Current Fire Situation: Five miles southeast of Lakehead, Calif. NorCal Team 1 (Swartzlander) assumed command of the fire at 6 p.m. yesterday. The spread has been stopped and mop-up activities have begun.
Today's Objectives: Firefighters will continue mop-up using hand crews, dozers, engines and aerial resources. Additional crews and equipment have been ordered for both fires.
Evacuations: All evacuations and road closures have been lifted.
Remarks: We encourage forest visitors to be cautious when recreating on their National Forest lands, it is hot, dry and fire danger is very high.
Additional Information: Recorded fire information for Shasta-Trinity National Forest is available at (530) 226-2500 (press 2) Additional fire information is also available online at www.fs.fed.us/r5/shastatrinity or www.inciweb.org.
