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Click Here to listen to the Live Scanner for the Telegraph Fire. It will open in your media player directly. | Last Updated: | August 6, 2008 7:45 am | | Date/Time Started: | July 25, 2008, 3:15 pm | | Administrative Unit: | CAL FIRE Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit | | County: | Mariposa County | | Location: | Telegraph Road and Sherlock Road in the Midpines Area. | | Acres Burned: | 34,091 acres | | Containment | 100% contained | | Structures Threatened: | No current threat | | Structures Destroyed: | 30 Residences and 100 Outbuildings. This number has increased due to a complete damage assesment. | | Injuries: | 38 minor | | Evacuations: | 8/2 - All evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted.
The evacuation center at Mariposa Elementary School is now closed. The Red Cross Local Assistance and Distribution Center at the Midpines Community Center will close today at 5:00 pm. Those who are unable to get to the service center can call the Red Cross Fresno-Madera Chapter at (559) 455-1000. | | Cause: | Human (Target Shooting) | | Estimated Cost: | $36.5 million | | Resources Committed : | 1,522 Personnel
76 Fire Engines
36 Hand Crews
6 Dozers
32 Watertenders
3 Helicopters | | Cooperating Agencies: | CAL FIRE, Mariposa County Fire, Mariposa Sheriffs Department, BLM, USFS, National Park Service, OES, CCC, CHP, and California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. | | Conditions: | Minimal fire behavior observed. Strengthening and improving fire lines continues. Fire suppression repair is ongoing. Demobilization of resources is in progress. Yosemite valley should be operating on normal transmission line power. While the transition takes place there could be intermittent power in Yosemite Valley and El Portal. Highway 140 subject to brief traffic delays, north of Midpines and south of El Portal. For the latest highway conditions visit Caltrans.
The incident is no longer operating in an Area Command. Incident Command Team #8 will be in Unified Command with a US Forest Service Team.
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Click Here to view a map of the fire | | Phone Numbers: | Fire Information - (209) 966-4784 - will close 8/7/08 at 4 pm Media Information – (209) 742-7964 - will close 8/8/08 at 5 pm |
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