Milton, CA…The wind and dry grass driven Waverly Fire has exploded to 1,500 acres with 10% Containment. Evacuations are in effect for basically the Milton area all the way to Hwy 4. Milton Road is closed at this time as well. Details from earlier are in a separate story below..

ncident: 00274 Type: Report of Fire Location: Milton Rd / SR26 Loc Desc: ROCK QUARRY Lat/Lon: 38.105777 -120.909208
Detail Information
6:56 PM 17 [38] 1039 TO MCCC
6:55 PM 16 [36] PER OIC CLOSE MILTON AT HWY 4— START MERCED
6:37 PM 15 [32] 1039 CALA SO 1022 CORDS MILTON/SR26
6:11 PM 14 [29] 49-D2 ALL CALA UNITS SWITCHING TO SO CHANNEL FOR EVACUATIONS AND RD CLOSURES
6:01 PM 13 [27] 1039 CACO/ FOR CORDS
5:56 PM 12 [24] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CALA SO // FIRE NEEDS MORE UNITS TO CLOSE RDWY ON MILTON // SO IS STARTING EVACUATIONS IN TOWN OF MILTON [Shared]
5:50 PM 11 [23] B49-010 REQ CORDS FOR CLOSURE MILTON/SR26
5:47 PM 10 [22] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CALSO FIRE REQ CHP FOR 1184 PEOPLE ARE BLKING RD AT MILTON AND HUNT [Shared]
5:43 PM 9 [21] 1039 CALSO
5:37 PM 8 [18] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CAL FIRE // REQ’G CHP AT MILTON / HUNT TO ASSIST IN EVACUATING CIVILIANS [Shared]
5:23 PM 7 [15] ** LINE 14 PER CAL FIRE
5:23 PM 6 [14] [Notification] [CHP]-REQUEST ROAD CLOSURE AT MILTON ROCK CREEK TO SALT SPRINGS [Shared]
5:08 PM 5 [13] 1039 OFC 49-S1 WILL ADV 49-10
4:57 PM 4 [10] FIRE REQNG SHUT MILTON DWN IN CACO
4:55 PM 3 [8] [Notification] [CHP]-PER FIRE / REQNG CHP [Shared]
3:07 PM 2 [2] GRASS FIRE
3:07 PM 1 [1] TRANS TO VC
Unit Information
5:08 PM 12 Unit Assigned
5:08 PM 11 Unit Enroute
5:34 PM 10 Unit At Scene
6:32 PM 9 Unit Cleared
5:39 PM 8 Unit Assigned
5:39 PM 7 Unit Enroute
6:16 PM 6 Unit At Scene
5:41 PM 5 Unit Assigned
5:41 PM 4 Unit Enroute
6:15 PM 3 Unit At Scene
5:58 PM 2 Unit Assigned
5:58 PM 1 Unit Enroute