News Release

Yosemite Fire Update for August 25, 2022

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News Release Date: August 25, 2022

Fire crews are utilizing Minimum Impact Suppression Techniques (MIST) to confine and contain the Red and Rodgers fires - employing a combination of natural barriers (large areas of granite, trails, and creeks) and short sections of handlines to tie the barriers together. There are no immediate threats to structures or critical infrastructures. 

Red Fire

• Location: Between Red Creek and Illilouette Creek 
• Elevation: 7,800 feet
• Discover date: August 4, 2022 
• Size: 1,045 acres 
• Cause: Lightning 
• Fire history: Burning in the 2001 Hoover fire footprint 
• Trail closure: A segment of trail along Illilouette creek from Mt. Starr King to Lower Merced Pass Lake is temporarily closed due to fire activity.

Burning in brush and mixed conifer timber litter, and dead and down logs. Activity is on the north and west perimeter.

Learn more: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8332/

Rodgers Fire

• Location: Northwest of Rodgers Canyon and southwest of Pleasant Valley 
• Elevation: 8,100 feet
• Discover date: August 8, 2022 
• Size: Approximately 680 acres 
• Cause: Lightning 
• Fire history: No recent fire history
• Trail closure: A segment of trail between Pate Valley and the Pacific Crest Trail is temporarily closed due to fire activity.

Burning in mixed conifer and red fir litter, and dead and down logs. Activity is on the northeast corner.

Learn more: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8333/

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