by Community Reports/Events | Jun 24, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Press Release, United States Forest Service
Update on Thursday, June 24@11pm: The Incident Management Team is reporting the fire as 25% contained, holding at 586 acres going into this evening. Lateral movement of the Inyo Creek Fire continues to be held. Firefighters continued to build containment lines in very...
by News Staff | Jun 24, 2021 | California Highway Patrol, Fire, Inyo County Sheriff's Office, United States Forest Service
Well, the first effort to retrieve vehicles abandoned at Whitney Portal had to be cancelled because the Inyo Creek Fire flared up and it just wasn’t safe to allow anyone go up to Portal. So, authorities are giving it another shot. On Thursday June 24 at 8 a.m....
by News Staff | Jun 25, 2020 | Inyo County, News Releases, United States Forest Service
Mt. Whitney area, (above Lone Pine), CA, June 25, 2020 – On June 24 at 10:40 am a 5.8 earthquake centered approximately 12 miles from Lone Pine, CA triggered several high-altitude rock-slides. The most significant slide occurred south of the main parking area at...