Mountain Ranch, CA….On August 27th a vehicle & vegetation fire sent a Mountain Ranch man to UC Davis with burns. Units from Central Fire and multiple agencies kept the fire to two acres of vegetation. Additional details are below.

August 27, 2015
15-CATCU 008992 CAL FIRE
CAL FIRE Tuolumne/Calaveras Unit Fire Report
Fax #: 754-1959 or call 754-3831

Location (Town, street address, intersection, etc.)

6000 BLOCK SWISS RANCH RD, MOUNTIAN RANCH, CALAVERAS COUNTY

Time of call

1634 HRS

Type of fire (structure, vegetation, vehicle, etc.)

VEHICLE

Units, personnel responding (departments & equipment, i.e. breathing units, air tankers, etc.)

CAL FIRE UNITS RESPONDING:

COLUMBIA: AIR ATTACK 440, COPTER 404, TANKER 82, 83
WEST POINT: BATTALION CHIEF 4413, ENGINE 4470
SAN ANDREAS: ENGINE 4450, 4474, PREVENTION 4422
ARNOLD: ENGINE 4480
MURPHYS: ENGINE 4452
VALLEY SPRINGS: ENGINE 4461
ALTAVILLE: DOZER 4442
STANDARD: PREVENTION 4421, TRAINING 4426
AMADOR-EL DORADO: ENGINE 2783, 2789
GROWLERSBURG: HAND CREW 2, 4

CALFIRE TUOLUMNE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT:
SONORA: ENGINE 593

LOCAL UNITS RESPONDING:

CENTRAL FIRE: CHIEF 120, SUPPLY 121, 123, WATER TENDER 121
STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST: CHIEF 517
SAN ANDREAS FIRE: ENGINE 167

Injuries

ONE CILVILIAN INJURY – BURNS, TRANSPORTED BY AIR TO UC DAVIS

Cause of fire (arson, children playing w/matches, electrical short, etc.)

UNDER INVESTIGATION

Damage estimate (breakdown structure/contents)

2 ACRES OF GRASS AND BRUSH WAS BURNED, ESTIMATED DOLLAR DAMAGE FOR THE VEGETATION IS REPORT AT $400, ESTIMATED DOLLAR DAMAGE FOR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

Time to extinguish

INCIDENT CLOSED 8/28/15 AT 0057 HRS

Miscellaneous (pets rescued, traffic diverted, crowd problems, etc.)

PG&E WAS NOTIFIED