Donnell Fire Update (Wednesday - Aug 8, 2018, 8PM)
Posted: Thursday - Aug 9, 2018, 9AM
Incident: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6092/

FIRE INFORMATION:
(209) 536-5388
donnellfirestf1918@gmail.com

LOCATION: Stanislaus National Fores

DATE STARTED: August 1, 2018

ACRES: 17,941 (as of Wed. Aug 8, 2018, 8 PM)

PERCENT CONTAINED: 4%

STRUCTURES THREATENED: 220

STRUCTURES DESTROYED: 55

INJURIES/ACCIDENTS: 0

MINOR STRUCTURES DESTROYED: 81

TOTAL PERSONNEL: 563

FIRE RESOURCES: 7 Hand Crews, 3 Helicopters, 34 Engines, 4 Dozers, 4 Water Tenders

CURRENT SITUATION: The Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office has announced an Advisory Evacuation for the Mill
Creek Campground, Recreation Residence Tract and Forest Service Road 5N21 (Mill Creek) south of the Donnell
Fire. This is NOT an Evacuation Order. This is an advisement only of a potential evacuation order should fire
conditions change. This advisory is being put in place as a precaution. The Alpine County Sheriff's Office
has closed the gate at the junction of Highway 4 and Highlands Lake Road (Forest Service Road 8N01).

The inversion layer lifted today causing increased fire activity in the northeast and southeast sections of
the fire. The primary acreage increase included the Disaster Creek drainage, and south of Highway 108 towards
the Bennett Juniper Tree. Structure protection continues to be the priority along Highway 108 and the Eagle
Meadow Road (5N01), including the Bennett Juniper. Crews continue to make dozer and hand line progress
along the fire's southern boundary.

Highway 108 is still closed at Eagle Meadow Road from the west and at the top of Sonora Pass on the east side.
The Pacific Crest Trail has also been closed between Highway 108 and Highway 4 for public safety.

The incident is in Unified Command with Central Coast Interagency Incident Management Team, Tuolumne County
Sheriff's Office and Tuolumne County Fire Department.

The fire started at the inlet of Donnell Reservoir and continues to burn along the Middle Fork of the Stanislaus
River in steep and inaccessible terrain. It has spread to both sides of Highway 108 near Brightman. The fire
is burning north into the Carson Iceberg Wilderness between the Arnot Creek and Disaster Creek drainages and
east to Eureka Valley along Highway 108.

MANDATORY EVACUATIONS: In effect along Highway 108 from Eagle Meadow Road to Kennedy Meadows (all
residences and campgrounds) as well as all along Eagle Meadow Road (5N01) and the Clark Fork Road area.
No new mandatory evacuations have been ordered.

Advisory Evacuation for Mill Creek area was put into effect today.

For more information about the Stanislaus National Forest, visit us at www.fs.usda.gov/stanislaus/

For more information on the fire please go to https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6092/

Please see https://airnow.gov/ for current air quality conditions.