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New smoke is pouring into the Truckee-Tahoe area from a fire to the south just as the lightning fires to the west are dying down.
While firefighters have the Yuba Fire Complex under control and the American River Complex is nearly contained, a new fire west of Yosemite is pumping smoke into the region, resulting in a new air quality advisory for the first part of the week.
“It’s looking like for at least the next couple of days southwesterly winds will continue to flow carrying smoke up here,” said Kyle Mozley with the National Weather Service in Reno. “And it’s going to remain hot and dry so the fire will continue to burn.”
The Telegraph fire started on Friday between Yosemite National Park and the mountain community of Mariposa when a person was target shooting in the area, according to Calfire’s Web site.
While firefighters have the Yuba Fire Complex under control and the American River Complex is nearly contained, a new fire west of Yosemite is pumping smoke into the region, resulting in a new air quality advisory for the first part of the week.
“It’s looking like for at least the next couple of days southwesterly winds will continue to flow carrying smoke up here,” said Kyle Mozley with the National Weather Service in Reno. “And it’s going to remain hot and dry so the fire will continue to burn.”
The Telegraph fire started on Friday between Yosemite National Park and the mountain community of Mariposa when a person was target shooting in the area, according to Calfire’s Web site.
As of Monday, the fire was 26,130 acres and only 10 percent contained.
The new smoke has prompted the Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District to issue an air quality advisory, effective Monday through Wednesday, predicting smoke levels between moderate and unhealthy.
“We have all had a very prolonged exposure to some very high levels of smoke pollution, so there may be some residual respiratory effects that might surface as a result of high levels of exertion,” according to a the advisory.
The American River Complex of fires was at 95 percent containment as of Monday, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
“We’re still seeing some smoke coming from the American River, but not nearly what we’re seeing from the south,” Mozley said.
Friday could see more westerly winds, changing conditions from smoky to hazy, Mozley said.
The new smoke has prompted the Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District to issue an air quality advisory, effective Monday through Wednesday, predicting smoke levels between moderate and unhealthy.
“We have all had a very prolonged exposure to some very high levels of smoke pollution, so there may be some residual respiratory effects that might surface as a result of high levels of exertion,” according to a the advisory.
The American River Complex of fires was at 95 percent containment as of Monday, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
“We’re still seeing some smoke coming from the American River, but not nearly what we’re seeing from the south,” Mozley said.
Friday could see more westerly winds, changing conditions from smoky to hazy, Mozley said.
Local firefighters head south
Truckee-Tahoe area firefighters have gone to help out with the Telegraph fire near Yosemite.
The Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit of Calfire has sent five engines, two hand crews and two dozers down, totaling about 61 people, said Unit Chief Brad Harris. A joint team from a number of Tahoe-area firefighters and equipment also arrived at the fire early Monday morning, said North Tahoe Fire Chief Duane Whitelaw. The team was made up of engines and crews from North Tahoe Fire, Lake Valley Fire, Squaw Valley Fire, Tahoe Douglas Fire, and North Lake Tahoe Fire, Whitelaw said. Truckee has a strike team leader trainee going along, said Truckee Fire Protection District Spokesman Gene Welch. Anne Westling of the U.S. Forest Service said none of their local resources were heading south. Instead, Truckee’s hand crew was heading into the remote, challenging terrain of the American River Complex on Monday. |
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