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TASSAJARA FIRE – 21:30 update 7/17/13 21:07 TF-S.S.

A  WILDFIRE  BURNING  IN  THE  LOS  PADRES  NATIONAL  FOREST, NEAR  THE  TASSAJARA  HOT SPRINGS AREA,   HAS  BURNED  LESS THAN 200  ACRES  SO  FAR.    THE  WILDLAND  BLAZE,  WHICH  IS  BURNING  IN  THE  SAME  AREA  AS  THE  2008  WEST  BASIN  FIRE, WAS  CALLED  IN AROUND  1  P-M  TODAY.      ABOUT 200 FIREFIGHTERS  ARE  ON  THE  SCENE,   ALONG  WITH  4  LARGE AIR TANKERS  (FROM  WHICH  FIRE  RETARDANT  CAN  BE  SPRAYED),   AND  AT  LEAST 6  HELICOPTERS  (THAT DUMP  WATER).      SEVERAL HUNDRED  MORE  FIREFIGHTERS  ARE  EXPECTED  TO  ARRIVE  ON-SCENE  TOMORROW  MORNING.

ALTHOUGH  NO  VISITORS  ARE  BEING EVACUATED  FROM THE  NEARBY  TASSAJARA  ZEN  MOUNTAIN CENTER,  PEOPLE WHO  HAVE  RESERVATIONS  THERE ARE  BEING  ADVISED  NOT  TO  COME  TODAY  OR  TOMORROW  BECAUSE  IT IS  UNLIKELY  THAT  THE  FOREST  SERVICE WILL  LET  THEM  THROUGH.

NO  BOYSCOUTS WERE EVACUATED (THEY’RE CAMPED OVER NEAR PALO COLORADO)  SO  ARE  AWAY FROM  THE  FIRE,  BUT  ABOUT  100  CAMPERS  WERE  EVACUATED  FROM  THE  TASSAJARA  HOT SPRINGS  AREA TODAY.

A  HOTLINE  TELEPHONE NUMBER  FOR  CONCERNED  RESIDENTS  IS  EXPECTED  TO  BE  UP  AND  OPERATIONAL  SOMETIME  TOMORROW.

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