Elmore Fire
Incident: Elmore Wildland Fire
Released: 9/10/2008
ELMORE FIRE
STATUS RESOURCES
Apx. Acres Burned: 343 Crews:11 Engines: 32
Apx. Percent Contained: 100% Helicopters: 1
Expected Full Containment: 09/10/2008 Dozers: 3
Date Started: September 7, 2008 Water Tenders: 5
Cause: Under investigation Total Resources Assigned: 421
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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. on 9-8-08. The spread has been stopped and mop-up activities have begun.
Today's Objectives: Firefighters will continue to mop-up and repair firelines using hand crews, dozers, engines and aerial resources.
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.
