Apple Fire Update
The apple fire had burned 32 412 acres destroyed four homes and was 40 contained as of sunday morning.
Apple fire update. Status update 08 14 20 am. This is the last update that incident management team 2 will release. At 6 00 friday evening the apple fire unified command will host a community meeting at the morongo valley community center 11165 vale dr morongo valley ca to update the public on the latest fire behavior suppression tactics and possible evacuations and closures. Some evacuations lifted residents return gillian smith 8 4 2020.
Firefighters make progress against apple fire in riverside county los angeles times. Containment of the apple fire remains at 60 with much progress made on northern control lines. Today the california incident management team 2 will transfer command of the apple fire to a local type 3 team led by incident commander matt ahearn of the san bernardino national forest while still in unified command with cal fire. The san bernardino national forest and cal fire type 3 team will continue to update the public on the fire and post fire response efforts.
The apple fire in riverside county california has exploded in size in just a day. On friday july 31 by 7 30 p m. This was the last night shift and today crews will transition from 24 hour shifts to day shifts. Arizona school district delays reopening of schools because too many teachers refuse to show up.
Cherry valley cns a fire that started in cherry valley and is raging in the mountains within the san bernardino national forest has injured one firefighter destroyed 12 structures burned 28 085 acres and is 30 contained thursday morning. Communities under evacuation warnings as of friday the apple fire continued its siege in the canyons west of morongo valley. For more information please visit the apple post fire baer inciweb page or call the baer information line at 707 853 4243 8 am 8 pm. By friday night it was 1 700 acres in size but by sunday it was more than 20 000 acres in size.
The blaze is now at 35 percent containment. Last night crews monitored for any hotspots along the fire s edge.