{"id":203744,"date":"2026-08-04T00:21:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=203744"},"modified":"2026-08-04T00:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T07:23:30","slug":"gann-fire-explodes-to-officially-1400-acres-but-probably-now-closer-to-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=203744","title":{"rendered":"Gann Fire Explodes to Officially 1,400 Acres but Probably Now Closer to 2,000 with Multiple Evacuation Areas."},"content":{"rendered":"

Valley Springs, CA…The Gann Fire that started this afternoon has exploded to an official CAL-FIRE estimate of 1,400 acres but by now it is probably closer to 2,000 acres and by morning 2,000 will likely just be a memory. Multiple areas now extending over to Hwy 49 are now in place. Let’s pray they have good efforts against it before things heat up again tomorrow. Details are below… #GannFire<\/p>\n

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Incident Facts<\/h2>\n
NameGann Fire<\/div>\n
Start Date\/Time2026-08-03<\/div>\n
Incident StatusActive<\/div>\n
LocationHogan Dam Road and Gann Road, Valley Springs<\/div>\n
TypeWildfire<\/div>\n
CauseUnder Investigation<\/div>\n
CountiesCalaveras<\/div>\n
Administration UnitCAL FIRE Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit<\/div>\n
Unified Command Agency(s)<\/div>\n
Size1,400<\/div>\n
Containment0%<\/div>\n
Structures Threatened<\/div>\n
Structures Destroyed<\/div>\n
Structures Damaged<\/div>\n
Civilian Injuries<\/div>\n
Firefighter Injuries<\/div>\n
Civilian Fatalities<\/div>\n
Firefighter Fatalities<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Evacuation Zones<\/h2>\n
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Evacuation Information:<\/h3>\n

Evacuation Orders<\/h4>\n

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Evacuation orders have been issued for the following zones:<\/p>\n

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  • CCU-109<\/span><\/li>\n
  • CCU-110<\/span><\/li>\n
  • CCU-139<\/span><\/li>\n
  • CCU-147<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Assigned Resources<\/h2>\n
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    Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Engines50<\/div>\n
    Water Tenders8<\/div>\n
    Helicopters4<\/div>\n
    Dozers16<\/div>\n
    Hand Crews16<\/div>\n
    Total Personnel254<\/div>\n

    Cooperating Agencies<\/h3>\n
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    Name<\/th>\nPhone<\/th>\nAddress<\/th>\nURL<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    We are in Unified Command with Calaveras County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Valley Springs, CA…The Gann Fire that started this afternoon has exploded to an official CAL-FIRE estimate of 1,400 acres but by now it is probably closer to 2,000 acres and by morning 2,000 will likely just be a memory. Multiple areas now extending over to Hwy 49 are now in place. Let’s pray they have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":203745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","category-traffic-fire","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/latest-frame-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203744"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203748,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203744\/revisions\/203748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/203745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}