Above: This photo was taken four days ago (July 19, 2017) on the Detwiler Fire off Highway 49 just south of CAL FIRE’s county headquarters in Mariposa. Credit: Randy Johanson, EPN.
(Originally published at 10:10 a.m. PDT July 23, 2017)
On Saturday there was moderate growth on the north and northeast sides of the Detwiler Fire southeast of Coulterville, California. Most of the fire activity was in the northeast one-quarter of the fire.
There has been no change in the reported number of residences destroyed; it remains at 63, but the number of outbuildings increased to 67.
CAL FIRE is saying 76,000 acres have burned.
Evacuation orders for some areas have been lifted; CAL FIRE has the details.
We have not revised the map we published on July 21 because the minor growth of the perimeter would barely be noticeable.
It will be hot and dry on the Detwiler Fire Sunday. The forecast for the Coulterville area calls for 101 degrees, 11 percent relative humidity, and winds out of the southwest and west at 6 mph.
Resources assigned to the fire include 501 fire engines, 96 hand crews, 20 helicopters, 88 dozers, and 65 water tenders for a total of 4,756 personnel.
The photos above were from four days ago, but the video below shows much quieter conditions today, Sunday.
View above Cathey’s Valley, lots of blackened hillside and some areas still smoldering. Much less smoke today #DetwilerFire pic.twitter.com/hkyLAZJWe5
— Alex Backus (@AlexBackusTV) July 23, 2017
All articles about the Detwiler Fire on Wildfire Today can be found here, with the most recent being at the top.
Thanking the personel that are all ivolved in slowing the fire down *
dedicating thair time to stop fires are much apreaceated and not reconized enough so i say good job and god bless to all involved