Categories: Big Sur

Grass Fire on Cuesta Grade

4 pm — Update: Highway 101 NB out of SLO is down to 1 lane for six hours or more. Recommended alternate route is 1 to 41 E.

Here are some CHP photos of the incident:

1:33 — a lot of tankers and two helicopters and at least 10 engines on this one. 30 acres, wind driven, but looks like they are getting a handle on this.

Detail Information
1:10 PM	21	[70] A28-404 10 PLUS FIRE ENG’S ON SCENE – AND MORE ARRIVING ON SCENE – HAVE DOT SHUT IT DOWN #3 LN JNO STAGECOACH
12:41 PM	20	[68] ADDITIONAL RP ADVSD THERE IS A PORTION OF THE FIRE THAT IS NOT BEING TENDED TO / TOT CAL FIRE
12:27 PM	19	[64] 1039 PSDS DENKER
12:27 PM	18	[63] S2 – 1039 TO 28-C AND 28-L
12:26 PM	17	[62] S2 – ISSUE A SIG ALERT
12:20 PM	16	[51] 28-S2 CALL DOT FOR LN CLOSURE
12:15 PM	15	[57] [Appended, 12:23:40] [4] S2 CPY DONT SEE ANY FIRE DOWN THERE – POSS ONE AND THE SAME
12:15 PM	14	[55] [Appended, 12:23:40] [2] TOT CAL FIRE
12:14 PM	13	[54] [Appended, 12:23:40] [1] POSS A 2ND FIRE ON RHS
12:13 PM	12	[48] [Appended, 12:13:33] [2] REPORITING THE FIRE
12:11 PM	11	[46] A28-404 GOING 97 / #3 LANE BLKD
12:10 PM	10	[40] A28-101 FIRE IS ON SCENE
12:10 PM	9	[44] [Appended, 12:11:02] [4] RP WAS REPORTED FIRE ON THE GRADE,ALREADY SPOKE W CALFIRE
12:07 PM	8	[29] A28-101 CORR 404 HAS BREAK STARTED
12:07 PM	7	[28] A28-101 UNIT TO BRING BREAK #3 LN – 505 HAS BREAK STARTED
12:07 PM	6	[31] [Appended, 12:08:11] [1] FIRE ON GRADE
12:06 PM	5	[26] A28-101 50 FT OF THE EMBANKMENT ON FIRE MOVING TOWARDS THE POWER LINES
11:59 AM	4	[4] VEH PULLED TO RHS AHEAD OF FIRE / UNKN IF RELATED
11:59 AM	3	[6] [Appended, 12:01:03] [1] 1/2 WAY UP THE GRADE – GRASS FIRE
11:58 AM	2	[2] TOT CAL FIRE
11:58 AM	1	[1] BRUSH FIRE ON RHS

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Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.

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nannyfountain says:

June 5, 2021 at 2:11 pm

:(
Little Philly says:

June 5, 2021 at 2:30 pm

I'm in SLO. Hwy 101 N will be down to 1 lane for 6 hours! They recommend HWy 1 N to 41 E. A big detour but you'll still beat the miles long traffic jam.