The Country Fire, which has burned 320 acres in Santa Clara county since it broke out yesterday afternoon, is now 80 percent contained….but threatening the Mount Allison Communications Site. It’s burning in Ed Levin County Park in Milpitas. 1 structure has reportedly been destroyed, and several more are threatened. Weller road at Calaveras Road, and Downing Road at Old Calaveras Road are closed. 2 ranches off Weller Road, east of Ed Levin County Park, have been evacuated.
The Ferguson Fire burning near Yosemite has now burned 330,743 acres, and is 13% contained. Mandatory and Advisory Evacuations are in place in several areas, but no homes have been damaged or destroyed. Yosemite National Park remains open, although the Air Quality has been problematic, especially in Yosemite Village. Although no structures have been damaged by the 11 day-old Ferguson Fire, there has been 1 fatality and 6 injuries related to it.
