Stanislaus National Forest, CA -- 6:14 a.m., Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Highway 108 is open this morning in the area near the Power Fire.
Forest Service Spokesperson Veronica Garcia reported last night
that Highway 108 was closed between Old Strawberry Road and Clarks Fork
Road as the fire neared the highway. The Power Fire originated near the
eastern edge of Beardsley Lake.
The latest estimate from the Forest
Service is that the fire is 275 acres. Click here to view a map of the area.
Forest Service officials report that the fire still poses a potential
threat to the Donnell Curtis Transmission lines, which firefighters are
working to protect. There are no mandatory evacuations due to the fire,
but the Cascade Creek and Mill Creek campgrounds are under advisory
evacuations.
Resources are on scene from the Forest Service, Tuolumne
County Fire, CAL Fire and other agencies.
The cause of the fire is unknown. It was first spotted at 6am Monday.
Written by BJ Hansen
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