![]() The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office ordered evacuations in areas near Badger Hill Road, Old Blair Road, Edison Trail, Lucky Mine Road, Plubell Drive, White Mountain Ranch Road, Iowa Canyon and Cable Road north of Plubell Drive. The Cable Fire burned through timber and grass near Badger Hill between Pollock Pines and Camino. ![]() Cal Fire advised residents to stay away from the area to allow firefighters to gain access to the blaze.Ī steady of stream of aircraft dropped water and fire retardant on the Cable Fire over the next 90 minutes as firefighters worked on the ground. ![]() in the area of Cable and Badger Hill roads, west of Pollock Pines and less than 2 miles north of Highway 50. Wednesday and containment reached 35%, the Cal Fire Amador-El Dorado Unit announced in social media posts.įirefighters on the ground were constructing control lines around the blaze Tuesday evening before stopping forward progress.Ĭal Fire officials reported the Cable Fire started about 4:20 p.m. The Cable Fire had burned 20 acres as of 7 a.m. But no large fires erupted.Cal Fire officials launched a full air and ground attack on a wildfire that briefly prompted evacuations Tuesday near the town of Cedar Grove in El Dorado County. Perhaps to remind everyone who’s in charge, winds gusted through Southern California over the Thanksgiving weekend, setting off red flag alerts for brush fires. It’s also wind.Īs wildfires in the northern part of the state were tamped down at the end of summer, attention turned to the south, where fires often are triggered by dry Santa Ana winds. It’s not just precipitation that influences the severity of the fire season. But the storm also sparked lightning, which set off mud and debris flows. Moisture from Tropical Storm Kay bailed out the Fairview Fire in September, and thunderstorms dumped three inches of rain on the McKinney Fire in August to douse some flames. California’s analogue occurred this summer when unexpected rainstorms doused two particularly nasty fires: the Fairview Fire in Riverside County and the deadly McKinney Fire in Siskiyou County. An additional 21,000 acres have been cleared since July.Īlong with the Mosquito Fire, two other wildfires were also, in part, extinguished by an increasing rarity in California: Rain.įirefighters in the Rockies have an axiom: Snow puts out fires. That entails setting and monitoring low-intensity small fires, building and extending fuel breaks and clearing rights-of-way.īut it’s painstaking and slow: In the 2021-22 fiscal year, the state conducted nearly 600 fuels-reduction projects across 101,000 acres. ![]() That simple calculus of creating a less-combustible landscape should equate to fewer and smaller fires, even with the dozens of variables that go into sparking wildfires.Ĭalifornia has a goal, in conjunction with the federal government - which owns the majority of the state’s forested land - to “ treat” a million acres annually by 2025. Tree removal projects - and burn scars from previous wildfires - can often slow or stop the spread of new fires. In the fire world, even modest gains (about 3% below average) are welcome. Some 7,490 fires were sparked in California in 2022, which is 256 fewer than the five-year average of 7,746. It’s a small victory, but fire officials will take it.
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