THE 95 PERCENT CONTAINED SOBERANES FIRE HAS BURNED 132 THOUSAND AND 92 ACRES. HOTSHOT CREWS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AN 8-MILE STRETCH OF FIRE LINE BETWEEN ENGLISH CABIN AND CHURCH RANCH; AND THEY ARE NOW FOCUSING ON PUTTING OUT HOTSPOTS IN THE CALABOOS AND MILLER CREEK AREAS. THE MAIN PART OF THE SOBERANES FIRE IS NOW BURNING IN THE STEEP, ROCKY AREA NORTH OF THE VENTANA CONE AREA, AND THAT AREA IS BEING PATROLLED BY HELICOPTERS TO KEEP FIRE MANAGERS APPRAISED OF THE SITUATION.
EVEN AFTER FIREFIGHTERS GET FULL CONTAINMENT OF THE 44-HUNDRED AND 74 ACRE LOMA FIRE (WHICH IS CURRENTLY APPROXIMATELY 92 PERCENT CONTAINED, THEY PLAN TO CONTINUE TO DO MOP UP, AND FIRE SUPPRESSION REPAIR. PEOPLE ARE ASKED TO DRIVE SLOWLY AND CAUTIOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE FIRE ZONE……ESPECIALLY WHILE EMERGENCY CREWS ARE STILL IN THE AREA. THE MANAGEMENT OF THE LOMA FIRE IS EXPECTED TO BE RETURNED TO CAL-FIRE SANTA CLARA TOMORROW MORNING AT 7 A-M.
