Another good day of fire behavior on both the #RedFire and #RodgersFire.
On the Red Fire, the slopover on the southwest portion grew laterally down the Illilouette drainage and began backing into Hoover Creek drainage into a drier timber patch, resulting in more smoke production around the park. Today, crews plan to form handline out of Buena Vista Creek that would tie in granite outcroppings with a portion of the 2001 Hoover Fire footprint and bring the fire back into the heel of the initial slopover. More crews will be inserted this afternoon to help with patrolling the existing lines and natural barriers. Crews are also focusing efforts on the western portion of the fire above Starr King meadow. They will be utilizing direct hand line construction and hotspotting with a hotshot crew and 2 wildland fire modules, assisted with helicopters dropping water to cool the fires edge
On the Rodgers Fire crews continue to focus on patrolling the east and northeast flank of the fire as this is where we have seen the most fire activity. Fire growth and smoke production have been very minimal over the last few days.
Fire behavior continues to show flanking, backing, creeping and smoldering with some single tree torching on both fires
Red Fire 4,771 acres
Rodgers Fire 1,791 acres
For more information and the latest smoke outlook:
Red Fire Red Information - InciWeb the Incident Information System
Rodgers Fire https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/8333/
Yosemite National Park
