16
Days of Arsonist’ Destruction
In the Beautiful San Jacinto Mountains
U.S.
Forest Service, San Bernardino National Forest____ Reported Friday,
August 10, 2018 that muilti-agency Fire Fighters were credited with final
success of the Cranston Fire incident, containment of 100%, the evening of
August 9th.
The blaze began Wednesday, July 25th and burned
13,139 acres across the San Jacinto Mountains. 39 personnel remain assigned to
the incident. U.S. Forest Service,
Fire Fighters will continue to patrol and mop-up hot spots in
the interior of the wildfire’s perimeter until the fire is fully controlled and
out.
LEFT U.S. Forest Hot Shots March to Fight
RIGHT
FIRE Idyllwild California our Flag
LEFT Prepared the road to open PHOTO CREDIT: press enterprise com
RIGHT Idyllwild Town Center
The week of August 5th, the
Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team began an assessment of burned
watersheds to identify post-wildfire threats to human life and safety, damage
to property/infrastructure and critical natural or cultural resources on National
Forest System lands. The data will provide a list of emergency stabilization
measures to be taken before the first major rain storms. BAER maps and reports
will be available online after the team has completed their assessments.
LEFT Gathering field data RIGHT PHOTO BY:
kdnk.com
Note: Big
Bear Lake NewsRoom editor, E T Russell and Photographer Richard Millener with
several press personnel, joined the BAER Team on the 2015 Lake Fire
investigation; that was located in the Barton Flats and State Route #38 vicinity.