Alert: Vegetation fire in Midpines region | Sierra News Online

MEDIAN PINES– Air and ground firefighters are responding to a vegetation fire in the nearby area Grosjean Road and near Alta Vista Road. The fire spread quickly and threatened several structures. This is the French Fire.

We will update this article when more information becomes available.

Updated 9:24 p.m.

MANDATORY EVACUATIONS

All of Jones Street

Bullion Street – East side only of Highway 140 to the end of the urban area. This includes all secondary roads that extend between Jones and Bullion, including 3rd Street – 13th Street

Updated 8:54 p.m.

The fire now covers 400 acres.

Mandatory evacuations:

Campbell Road

Dexter's View

Pine Alley

St. Andrews Rd (both apartment complexes)

Williams Road

Old Northern Highway on both sides of Highway 140 road in Wild Peach

Hospital Rd – From Silver Creek to the end (top of the mountain)

Grosjean Road

Alta Vista Road

Avoca Valley

Parts of Highway 140

Lakeview Road

Path to the slaughterhouse

Evacuation warnings:

Hospital Road

Smith Rd from Hwy 140 to Hospital Rd

JCF Hospital has been placed under shelter-in-place order

Updated 7:55 p.m.

Mandatory evacuations are being added for Old Hwy North on both sides of the road from Highway 140 to Wild Peach according to the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office.

Updated 7:35 p.m.

The fire now covers 172 acres according to the Intel 12 mapping aircraft.

Updated 7:30 p.m.

Mandatory evacuations in case of fire:
Hospital Rd – From Silver Creek to the end (top of the mountain)
Grosjean Road
Alta Vista Road
Avoca Valley
Parts of Highway 140
Lakeview Road
Path to the slaughterhouse
MPs are on site and going door to door to report incidents.
If you live in the area and do not feel safe, please leave, do not wait to be told to evacuate.
Temporary Evacuation Point – New Life Christian Church located at 5089 Cole Rd, Mariposa

Updated 7:00 p.m.

The fire is now 40 acres in size. Localized evacuations are underway. A temporary evacuation point is being set up at New Life Christian Fellowship in 5089 Cole Road in Bootjack