Left Fork Fire Incident Update
| STATUS | Start Date: June 18, 2022 Start Time: 1300 hrs Incident Type: Wildland Fire Cause: Human Location: Dixie National Forest, 10 miles SW of Bryce Canyon City in the Kanab Creek drainage Size: 3,009 acres Containment: 5% Expected Containment: Unknown Injuries: 0 Structures Threatened: 0 Structures Damaged/Destroyed: 0 | RESOURCES | Engines: 12 Water Tenders: 2 Crews: 7 Helicopters: 6 SEATs: 4 LATs: 4 Cooperating Agencies: USDA Forest Service, DOI Bureau of Land Management, State of Utah Department of Natural Resources – Division of Fire, Forestry and State Lands, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks and Garfield County Sheriff’s Office. | SITUATION | Current Situation: Yesterday’s favorable weather conditions and decreased wind provided fire managers an opportunity to assess and map the fire more accurately. With the reduction in fire behavior, minimal growth was observed throughout the operational period. More crews arrived and were inserted around the perimeter. The steep, rugged terrain is not feasible for firefighters to attack the fire directly in many areas. Air attack will continue to be heavily utilized to support crews on the ground, as conditions permit. Dozers are working to create fuel breaks on areas of the fire where appropriate, in conjunction with handline and retardant drops. With the full suppression tactics, fire managers intend to utilize as many natural barriers as possible to gain containment on this fire. An area and Road closure has been put in place by the Dixie National Forest to assure public and firefighter safety. Please see the updated closure here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1036646.pdf Evacuations: None Road Closures: | Kanab Creek Road system, See forest closure: https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd1036646.pdf | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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