Its the Slinkard Fire 3,000 acres 0% contained and growing fast. I knew CA 89 was closed over Monitor Pass, my usual route to the Eastern Sierra. That's a really big chunk of CA 395 to close for this - all the way down to Bridgeport. They're escalating it to Level 1 and probably need the highway to bring in resources, plus there's not many East/West connecting roads in the area. The NV casino town of Topaz is evacuated but it's also close to the towns of Coleville (ranchland) and then Walker (tourism). There's also a military commissary in the area for the Marine's Mountain Division training off Sonora Pass.
Calfire Incident
