Bridge Fire continues to burn below Foresthill Bridge

Published: Sep 05, 2021 Duration: 00:03:11 Category: News & Politics

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Crews are busy with a fire burning in Plaster county. This one broke out around 2:00 this afternoon. This is video Cal Fire took of the flames shortly after it broke out. Cal Fire says the fire is burning on both sides of Forest Hill Road under the Forest Hill Bridge. Forest Hill Rd is closed in both directions. It's burned about 250 acres. No word yet on the cause. Now here is an evacuation map showing about 500 people who have been evacuated because of that bridge fire. You could see the area in red is under a mandatory evacuation. People affected had to leave the Lake Clementine area. Other areas in yellow are under an evacuation order and we find ABC 10's van to live near Forest Hill Bridge and Plaster County where all this is happening, Ben. But can you tell us right now? Welker at the top of the hour. Cal Fire officials did confirm that the bridge fire 0% contained at 250 acres since it broke out at around 1:00 o'clock somewhere again below the Forest Hill Bridge and I want to go ahead and throw to video of what it looked like. Piece of the bridge as we were driving through it earlier this evening. What you should be seeing now. Fire burning on both sides of Forest Hill Road after it made a run up from the river and spotted over the roadway. So what we saw what we're dealing with dry vegetation fuels that. Really burn in a flash and other areas of thick brush and timber that send up that dark smoke that could be seen for miles. So this fire growing rapidly with mid to long range. Spotting east of the fire so crews say that their containment goal right now is at Forest Hill and Old Forest Hill Roads which as you mentioned cart are both closed. Crews wants to keep the fire rest of that point and right now there are no evacuation warnings or even orders that have been called for the Forest Hill community though again those roads that lead to. Forest Hill art clothes now a tremendous amount of resources, including 13 aircraft deployed to the Squire today, which those aircraft had been dipping in the Middle Fork American River when the Sun was up. But it, is it still going to be a long night for ground crews, but Cal Fire officials tell me that they are planning to take advantage of down Canyon winds tonight. That will actually be helpful to us will strengthen these these areas around the heel to prevent it from progressing back to the West, but we really need that down Canyon win to help us with the containment on that East End. Now, Kurt, we do know that about 500 people were evacuated from that mandatory zone and the Lake Clementine area, and we actually did see Plaster County Sheriff deputies lead those people out of harm's way and they were driving down the road here. Now I did get a chance to ask Cal Fire officials given the history of trespassing under the bridge and also the amount of trails in the area whether or not there was any indication that this was human caused. Now the Cal Fire chief. Tells me that it is too soon to tell, but does note that this was indeed a very busy holiday weekend, but too early to determine any sort of cause. Kurt alright, our band two live in Plaster County. Thanks for the update van.

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