by News Staff | Sep 1, 2019 | Fire, General Misc. Stories
USFS news releases SPRINGS FIRE Incident Start Date: 7/26/2019 Cause: Lightning Size: 4,718 acres Containment: 68% Incident Type: Suppression/Multiple Objectives Vegetation Type: Brush and timber Agency: Inyo National Forest, U.S.D.A. Forest Service Resources...
by News Staff | Aug 30, 2019 | Fire, General Misc. Stories
Mono County District Attorney’s Office news release On August 26, 2019 at approximately 4:43am, Mammoth Lakes Fire Department responded to a fire inside a condo at the Val D’isere complex on Hillside Drive in Mammoth Lakes. After investigation, it was determined...
by News Staff | Aug 20, 2019 | Fire, General Misc. Stories
USFS news releases Springs Fire, 13 miles SE of Lee Vining Incident Start Date: 7/26/2019 Cause: Lightning Size: 2,619 acres Containment: 27% Incident Type: Suppression/Multiple Objectives Vegetation Type: Brush and timber Agency: Inyo National Forest, U.S.D.A. Forest...
by News Staff | Aug 18, 2019 | Fire, General Misc. Stories
USFS news releases Bishop, Calif. — A new fire was detected on the Mono Lake District last night, west of Crater Mountain off of Highway 120 East at approximately 6:15 p.m. Firefighters quickly responded to the Rest Fire and took full suppression action with the aid...
by News Staff | Jul 30, 2019 | Fire, General Misc. Stories
The Inyo National Forest has been aggressively suppressing and monitoring several natural lightning caused wildfires in the past week. Things have settled down and there is no new activity to report on the Kelty and Cow fires. [pdf-embedder...
by News Staff | Jul 29, 2019 | Fire
USFS news release Summertime in the Eastern Sierra brings beautiful weather and many times that means thunderstorms that are welcome as they cool off the afternoons and bring much needed rain. Thunderstorms also mean lightning. Last week the Inyo received a lot of...
