San Andreas, CA… The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit (TCU) will be conducting a hazardous fuel reduction burn near the Observation Point area of New Hogan Reservoir in Valley Springs on Thursday, May 20, 2021.

Approximately 12 acres of annual grasses will be burned along the shoreline of New Hogan Reservoir. The purpose of this burn is to provide training for firefighters, while removing hazardous fuels at the Day Use recreation site on the lake.

Control lines and the lake shoreline will be used to prevent the spread of fire from areas outside the burn unit. Firefighters will remain at scene until all hotspots are extinguished.

The burn will begin between 8:00 A.M. and 10:00 A.M and is expected to last 2-4 hours. The public may see smoke or fire during this time around the Hogan Lake Observation Point near Hogan Dam Road in the vicinity of the United States Army Corps of Engineers Office Headquarters.

Cooperating agencies assisting CAL FIRE include United States Army Corps of Engineers, Calaveras County Air Pollution Control District, and Calaveras Consolidated Fire District.

For additional information on preparing for and preventing wildfires visit
www.ReadyForWildfire.org.

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