[env-trinity] Trinity County Fire Update

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                  The giant Martin Mars air tanker drops fire retardant. Photo by Dave Welch. 
           
      FIRE UPDATE, FRIDAY, July 4 

            Highways 299 and 36 continue to have periodic closures.

            The Trinity County Public Health Department says residents are urged to limit outdoor activity because of wildfire smoke. 
            Masks are available at the Health Department in Weaverville, the Hayfork Health Clinic, Junction City Store, and Hawkins Bar Store. Masks will be distributed to the Mad River Ranger Station and by Post Mountain Fire Department. These masks may or may not help and should be used with caution by people with respiratory conditions because masks may make breathing more difficult. Call the Health Department at 530-623-1265 or your physician.

            Trinity County Animal Control will be accepting small animals at the Animal Shelter in Weaverville in the event of more evacuations. For large animals, call the Animal Shelter at 530-623-1370 to make arrangements for sheltering. After business hours, call the Sheriff’s Office at 530-623-8126.

      IRON COMPLEX
            Several fires have merged. There are five uncontained fires on the complex. Ten fires have been contained. 
            The 5,098 acre Eagle Fire is 50% contained and continues spreading slowly to the south and west. This resulted in an advisory to the people of Big Flat to be prepared to leave if necessary. 
            The Cedar Fire is at 600 acres with no estimated containment date. The Ironside Fire, consisting of several merged fires, is at 11,559 acres with 50% containment. The Zeigler Fire is 581 acres and at 30% containment. It is growing to the East. The 20 acre Denny Fire is at zero percent containment.   
            Fire handlines and dozer lines continue to be constructed on the fires.   Many of them are being prepared for perimeter burn-outs when weather conditions permit. Containment of the Cedar Fire is the highest priority. 
            Mop-up will continue on the west and north sides of the Eagle Fire near Junction City with several miles of fireline remaining open south of the Trinity River. Line construction efforts will continue on the Zeigler and Ironside Fires to keep them away from the communities of Hawkins Bar and Trinity Village. 

      LIME COMPLEX (5 miles south of Hyampom)
            Crews made good progress on several fires, including Lime, Noble, Miners and Rainbow. The Trough Fire crossed the South Fork Trinity River and made a short run Thursday. 
            The Martin Mars water-based air tanker, which is capable of delivering 7,200 gallons of water, and two additional air tankers were used in the wilderness Thursday, assisting firefighters on the ground. 
            With a total of 70 fires originally in the complex, 31 are now contained, 32 are staffed, and 8 remain unstaffed.     

      TRINITY ALPS FIRES
            Visibility limitations continue to hamper fire fighting efforts.   Crews are holding the Granite Fire using the Granite Creek Trail as a fireline. 
            Crews will continue efforts to hold the fire along Canyon Creek. 
            The objective in the wilderness area is to use fire fighting techniques that are low impact on the land. The crews on the Granite Fire have been clearing existing hiking trails and using the cleared trails as containment lines. One crew will be clearing 7 miles of the Salmon Summit trail so that they can hike in to the unstaffed 186-acre Carey Fire. 

      * Within the South Fork Management Unit (Hayfork and Yolla Bolly) of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, all Forest Service roads and trails are closed. The closure does not include state and county roads or private lands.

      * For road closure information, contact Caltrans at http://www.dot.ca.gov/ or call 1-800-427-7623. 

      * Additional Fire Information: Call the Shasta-Trinity National Forest fire information line at (530) 226-2500 (press 2), or online at http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/shastatrinity. 


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