Big Sur California Fires 2020

Big sur fire s mission is to provide dependable fire protection and emergency services for big sur with a spirit of teamwork respect and integrity.

Big sur california fires 2020. Largest wildfires 1 august complex 3 scu lightning complex 4 creek fire 5 lnu lightning complex 6 north complex and 18 sqf complex. Sunday september 6 2020 dolan fire update 9 6 20 smoke outlook 9 6 20. See evacuation order map for sonoma napa and lake counties the ash trickling down from the sky landed on the hoods of cars outside big sur s river inn where robert and. Forest service temporarily closes southern california national forests adds prohibitions in others.

With strong northerly winds fanning flames a wildfire burning in the rugged mountains of california s big sur coastline exploded tuesday. Hwy 1 is closed on the south at lucia north at julia pfeiffer burns. Fdny all hazards incident management team is located in king city fairgrounds. 20 2020 destroyed pens a research building and other facilities for condors run by the ventana wildlife society.

About 500 acres of forest land in monterey county are burning as of monday in the coleman fire near big sur. 5 of the top 20 largest wildfires in california history have occurred in 2020. A wildfire burning in big sur seen here from a remote camera on thursday aug. Kion reports that officials said evacuations are taking place on the east side of dolan canyon.

These words summarize what we do but it is the men and women of this organization that really make the difference they exemplify these words on a daily basis. According to the california department of forestry and fire. Visit the big sur blog to view them. By wednesday morning it grew to over 73 000 acres.

It was one of hundreds. As of wednesday 50 firefighters were battling the dolan fire which has burned 2 500 acres and prompted evacuations in the big sur area along the northern california coast. Big sur kion the dolan fire in big sur expanded to 2 500 acres overnight and is burning in all directions. Active fire behavior was observed with long range spotting uphill runs flanking and backing fire.

The dolan fire was reported august 18 2020 just after 8 00 p m.