Public Safety · Calaveras County
A new wildfire was first discovered at 9:29 p.m. on Oct. 18, burning on private land in Calaveras County, California. As of the article's publication on Oct. 19, containment status and cause were undetermined. The report is sourced from the National Interagency Fire Center.
Public Safety · Calaveras County
The Big Trees State Park Broadcast Burn, a prescribed pile-burning project in Calaveras County, California, has burned 170 acres of state land since it was initiated at 11:47 a.m. Jan. 2. The controlled fire has been active for approximately ten months as of its Oct. 19 update. Prescribed burns are used as wildfire-prevention measures to reduce fuel loads and minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfires. The operation is tracked by the National Interagency Fire Center.