Re: El Portal Fire Information

• The fire is currently 3,060 acres and 19% contained.
• As of July 29 at 9AM, the evacuation order for Old El Portal has been lifted.
• As of July 27, a Type 1 Interagency Management Team, from Southern California, was given command of this fire. The fire is on both NPS lands and Stanislaus National Forest. Joint Unified Command has been established.
• On July 26, at approximately 3:15, the El Portal fire began in the community of El Portal.
• Resources assigned: 640 Fire Personnel; including 7 helicopters and fixed wing as needed

Foresta – Fire remains active near community:

• Evacuations remain in effect for Foresta.
• Structures are threatened and there has been one structure lost in Foresta.
• Structure protection engines remain in the area.

This is (obviously) still a major fire and we're far from out of the woods on it but the 19% contained number is a significant jump from the 5% they were reporting less than 24 hours ago. That's good news of a sort. Here's hoping that this one is fully under control within the next several days (or less!).

Here's a map showing the fire (plus all the previous fires in the region since 1970):