San Andreas, CA….CHP is reporting a vegetation fire near Mountain Rand and Calaveritas Roads. Will update if needed…hopefully not. Let’s be careful out there. Updated at 1:27pm. fire has grown to 15-20 with structure threats and Mountain Ranch Road will be closed while they battle the blaze. Update as of 1:52pm…Some residents in the fire area are being asked to evacuate…some reports of structures involved. They will get this one….let’s just hope and pray before it does too much more damage. We have seen enough fire to last for awhile…. Update as of 2:01pm…acreage has now been updated to over 50 acres.. There are three fires and prevention is working on cause… Update as of 2:13pm….scanner traffic now has fire at over 100 acres now. Update as of 2:58pm…Acreage estimates have risen to 350 acres with 2% containment…. Update as of 3:41pm….Now about 500 acres….more equipment is coming on scene, they have been waiting for enough dozers to work the fire. CHP is reporting they have the identified the vehicle that was responsible for starting fire.. Update as of 4:54pm…Fire holding at about 500 acres. Evacuation center opened… Update as of 5:10pm….The out of area tankers have been released and our local tankers 82 & 83 are now back at Columbia on a “Load & Hold”, Great news on fire as forward progress has slowed. The beginning of the end of the Willow is in sight!! Great work everyone!!!

Willow Fire Incident Information:
Last Updated: August 28, 2016 3:15 pm
Date/Time Started: August 28,2016 1:07 pm
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit
County: Calaveras County
Location: Willow Creek Rd. X Mountain Ranch Rd., East of San Andreas
Acres Burned – Containment: 450 acres – 2% contained
Evacuations: A mandatory evacuation order has been issued for the Willow Valley Subdivision.
An evacuation warning has been issued for Old Gulch Road from Calaveritas Road to Rocky Road.

Residents are advised to leave those areas.

Evacuation Center:
San Andreas Town Hall
24 Church Road, San Andreas

total Fire Engines: 30
Total Fire Crews: 3
Total Airtankers: 1
Total Helicopters: 1
Total Dozers: 2
Total Water Tenders: 3
Long/Lat: -120.6381/38.1874

Incident: 00199 Type: Report of Fire Location: Mountain Ranch Rd / Calaveritas Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 38.189264 -120.666067 Close
Detail Information
3:02 PM 9 [26] 49-S3 5AHS322 – THIS VEH STARTED FIRE
2:42 PM 8 [22] 49-S3 REQ 49-6 TO EAST SID MTN RANCH RD
1:59 PM 7 [21] PER CAL SO ** EVAC WILLOW CREEK * NOTIFICATIONS FOR MOUTAIN RANCH FRM WILLOW CREEK TO ROCKY RD
1:54 PM 6 [20] A49-001 RD CLOSRE MTN RANCH AT LOWER MICHAEL
1:46 PM 5 [18] 49-S3 HAVE 49-1 RESP TO GO JEO WILLOW CRK FOR CLOSURE
1:14 PM 4 [11] [Notification] [CHP]-CALA SO REQ UNIT FOR ROAD CLOSURE MNT RNCH/CALAVERITAS
1:05 PM 3 [6] MULTIPLE FIRES TRANS TO SDS CAMINO
1:04 PM 2 [4] TRANS TO CAL FIRE SDDS
1:02 PM 1 [1] TRANS TO SDS CAMINO
Unit Information
1:13 PM 15 Unit Assigned
1:13 PM 14 Unit Enroute
1:19 PM 13 Unit At Scene
1:42 PM 12 Unit Assigned
1:42 PM 11 Unit Enroute
1:43 PM 10 Unit At Scene
1:53 PM 9 Unit Cleared
1:46 PM 8 Unit Assigned
1:46 PM 7 Unit Enroute
1:47 PM 6 Unit At Scene
2:13 PM 5 Unit Assigned
2:13 PM 4 Unit Enroute
2:34 PM 3 Unit Assigned
2:34 PM 2 Unit Enroute
2:34 PM 1 Unit At Scene