CURRENT SITUATION: 
The Timber Fire is now about two-thirds of the way down the slope at Partington Ridge. Firefighters are conducting burning operations to bring the fire to established control lines near the bottom of Torre Canyon. Firefighters are also working along Highway 1 and doing everything they can to safely secure the area and defend structures.

Firefighters are working directly off Coast Ridge Road near the Pine Ridge Trail System. The goal is to secure the northwestern side and maintain containment south of the Big Sur River.

The fire continues to burn at a low intensity in the wilderness and has shown little growth in the last 24 hours. Activity around Olmstead Mountain also has remained minimal. Firefighters continue to utilize heavy helicopters, and water drops in other areas of the Wilderness to check hotspots as needed.

WEATHER: 
On Sunday, heavy morning fog along the coast will moderate fire behavior at lower elevations but may limit early morning visibility and air support operations until the marine layer lifts. Active burning and elevated fire potential will remain focused on upper ridges and drier east-side vegetation above the fog line.

CLOSURES: Highway 1 remains closed for public and firefighter safety. The northern closure is at Mile Marker 45.1 near the Big Sur Bakery, and the southern closure is near mile marker 37 at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park.

EVACUATION ORDERS: 
MRY-F023 
MRY-F025
MRY-F026
MRY-F027 
MRY-F028-A

EVACUATION WARNINGS: 
MRY-FO21-B 
MRY-FO22
MRY-FO24 
MRY-FO28-B
MRY-FO29 

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Caltrans Central Coast (District 5) American Red Cross Big Sur Fire

These were taken at Heidi Hopkin’s house, the last one on the road at the top. The control burn they started yesterday seems to have worked. Now I think they have moved down to lower Partington to tie in that line.

And here is a photo of the community at the meeting last night. (Sorry, I forgot who shot this one.

Photo by Josh Bleibtreu from top of Partington Ridge this am

Yesterday’s clear skies allowed firefighters to do a good assessment on the fire. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) showed some remaining heat in the heavy vegetation above houses, and crews are targeting those areas today. The area around Castro Canyon showed the most remaining heat. Aircraft hit the fire hard yesterday, reinforcing and connecting lines that were not yet completed by firefighters.

Firefighters took advantage of the conditions to clean up remaining vegetation between the active fire edge and containment line using burning operations along Partington Road. Those operations were successful and were halted when the window of opportunity closed at around 3 p.m.

Dozer and handline are complete on the north side of the fire in the steep drainage to the Big Sur River. Rollout continues to occur there, but the fire did not progress much over the Pine Ridge Trail system yesterday.

The east side of the fire was more active yesterday with drier conditions. A considerable push of heavy equipment has been moved into place and fire lines from previous fires are being opened and reinforced.

Weather:

Similar weather to yesterday is predicted for today, with a cloudy start with some afternoon sunshine. Any morning clouds along ridges and east of the fire should erode quickly with winds increasing in the afternoon. A warming and drying trend is predicted through the weekend and into next week.

Evacuation orders:

MRY-F023

MRY-F025

MRY-F026

MRY-F027

MRY-F028-A

Evacuation warnings:

FO21-B

FO22

FO24

FO28

FO28-B

FO29

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