Evening update on the KNP Complex fire
Minimal fire growth today. Smoke cleared up in the afternoon, allowing air operations to resume direct attack on the fire in steep terrain inaccessible to fire crews. This includes areas on the Southern perimeter of the fire nearest the Three Rivers community.
Despite the fire reaching the Four Guardsmen in the Giant Forest, fuel removal efforts by firefighters, combined with structure wrap applied by crews to the base of the iconic sequoia trees, successfully protected these national treasures. Photo by Matthew Mehle, Incident Meteorologist for U.S. National Weather Service (NWS), assigned to the KNP Complex Fire.
Please note that Sequoia National Park remains closed to the public.
Explore a map of the areas under evacuation warning and order, as well as other evacuation resources, at tularecounty.ca.gov/emergencies.
The KNP Complex has been a full suppression incident since the discovery of the smokes the morning following the lightning storm.
For updates on the KNP Complex, follow https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7838/
The Southern Area Blue Type 1 Incident Management Team is managing the KNP Complex under the leadership of Incident Commander Mark Morales.
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