After yesterday's blow up, here is this morning's report -
[SIZE=36.6px]MOSQUITO FIRE[/SIZE]
INCIDENT UPDATE
Date: 9-14-2022 Time: 7:00 a.m.
[SIZE=18.4px]Size:[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]58,544[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]acres[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]Contain[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]ment[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]:[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]20[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]%[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]Total[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]Personnel:[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]3,052[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]Fire Information:[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]211[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px](Local)[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]or[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]530[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]-[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]264[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]-[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]8309[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]Media Information:[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]530[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]-[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]217[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]-[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]3263[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]Phone[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]Hours:[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]8:00[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]a[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px].[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]m[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px].[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]to 8:00[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]p[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px].[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]m[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px].[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]daily[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]Email:[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]MosquitoFire2022@gmail.com[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]Incident Website[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]s[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8398[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]fire.ca.gov[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]Start[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]Date[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]& Time[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]:[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]Tuesday,[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]9[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]-[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]6[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]-[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]2022, 6:27pm[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]Cause:[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]Under Investigation[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]Location:[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]Mosquito Road at Oxbow[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]Reservoir[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]Suppression Strategy:[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]Full Suppression[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]People Evacuated:[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]11,277[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]Structures Threatened:[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]Approximately 5,848[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]Total Structures[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]Destroyed:[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]64[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]Total[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]Structures Damaged[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]:[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]10[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]The Mosquito Fire remains in unified c[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]ommand[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]with[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]California Interagency Incident Management Team 5,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]CAL FIRE[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px], Placer County Sheriff,[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]and[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]El Dorado County Sheriff[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]CURRENT SITUATION[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]On Tuesday, stronger southwest winds[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]throughout the fire area cleared the smoke inversion and caused fire [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]behavior to become more active. The Mosquito Fire spotted across the Middle Fork of the American River into [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]the Pond Creek Drainage[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px],[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]which is just below the community of Foresthill. Steep[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]terrain and critically dry fuels [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]drove rapid fire growth and an aggressive upslope run towards Fore[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]sthill Road.[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]A large contingency of [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]firefighters and[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]additional[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]equipment re[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]sponded[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]to this southeast corner of the fire[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]to actively[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]defe[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]nd and hold [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]the fire along contingency lines.[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]Over the past week, crews have been preparing a large[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]number of[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]these [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]contingency lines[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]around the fire[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]as a way to[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]prepar[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]e[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]for situations like this where t[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]he fire escapes primary [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]control lines. [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]Overnight, firefighters successfully held the fire within control lines along the southern edge of Foresthill and [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]Todd Valley. On the northwest corner, crews were able to continue strategic firing operations along control [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]lines from the Foresthill Divide Road to[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]Deadwood Road[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]. This four[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]-[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]mile stretch of line is crucial for helping [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]hook and stop the fire’s northern spread. A large number of dozers and heavy equipment continued to work [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]through the night in the areas to the ea[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]st of the fire to build indirect control lines ahead of the advancing fire [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]front. The fire remains active on this eastern front, steadily burning and advancing in heavy unburned fuels.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]Today’s number one priority remains strengthening and securing the southwest corner of the fire to protec[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]t and [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]defend the communities of Foresthill and Todd Valley. Firefighters are prepared to actively engage in structure [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]defense along the edges of these communities should the fire make similar runs as it did on Tuesday. Weather [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]conditions are for[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]ecasted[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]to be[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]the same today with continued southwest winds, which will lead to clear skies [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]and better ventilation for fire growth.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=18.4px]Evacuation orders and warnings remain for the communities surrounding the Mosquito Fire. Firefighters ask [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]that residents take these[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]orders[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]seriously and leave the area when instructed[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]to do so. The fire area remains a [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]dynamic situation that may change at a[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]ny time[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px],[/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px] [/SIZE][SIZE=18.4px]as evidenced by the fire activity on Tuesday afternoon[/SIZE]