Authorities consider it to be a spot fire from the Grass Valley Fire.
A Type III engine and a hand crew with about 20 firefighers is there tackling the blaze.
Gonzales did not know the size of the fire.
Reporter Matt Wrye, stationed in Running Springs, drove about one-quarter mile down Pine Cone Drive from downtown. At that point, he saw flames climbing the hill slowly, about 100 feet down. Apparently, the blaze is making its way back up the hill.
But helicopters were bombarding the fire with water every few minutes, slowing its advance. -- George Watson
Fire, fire, everywhere....
Wonder how they’re coming getting out of state resources. It’s fall, it’s hunting season, and a lot of FS and BLM bosses aren’t going to be that happy to let their employees get out of state while it’s PL 1...all that non-fire work that didn’t get done in the summer has to get done some time. Know the order my hubby filled had come up several times until they got filled it with him.
Might be easier with strike team guys...but other incident positions might be harder to fill. Hope the winds back off soon.
Every community from Crestline to Snow Valley is now under mandatory evacuations.
Officials are calling for voluntary evacuations in Valley of Enchantment and Cedar Pines Park.
The Slide Fire is burning in several different directions because of shifting winds. Homes are burning. And the fire continues to burn south, down the hillside, fire officials said.
Grass Valley Fire is burning onto the Tunnel II Ridge. The next area threatened is Dart Canyon, although the blaze is not immmediately threatening structures. -- Jason Pesick