Camp Fresno evacuated as Garnet Fire burns three miles away

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- With the Garnet Fire prompting caller evacuations, the flames are moving person to Camp Fresno.

As of Tuesday, they are 3 miles from Camp Fresno.

"We evacuated our team, which resulted successful relocating vehicles, truly securing the campy from thing that could happen, disconnecting propane lines," City of Fresno Parks Director Aaron Aguirre told Action News.

The evacuation came conscionable days earlier explosive maturation implicit the weekend. The Garnet occurrence expanded by 10,000 acres connected Sunday alone.

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Its fume unreality is disposable for miles.

"We took our ain safeguards into spot anterior to the authoritative evacuation announcement that came retired this Sunday, and wanted to marque definite our unit was harmless and retired of harm's way," Aguirre said.

The camp, described arsenic a "hidden treasure," is tucked heavy successful the woods, sitting connected 40 acres adjacent Dinkey Creek.

Valley children person flocked to the campy each summertime for generations.

About a 100 years old, the City of Fresno has owned it since the 1920s. Officials invested millions to reconstruct it a fewer years ago.

"This happened during our busiest season, which was Labor Day weekend, truthful we had the full campy reserved," Aguirre said.

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He confirms the campy is presently "intact." Firefighters are present moving to support it, on with the surrounding areas of Dinkey Creek and Shaver Lake.

City officials, similar galore successful the upland community, are connected edge, arsenic the Garnet Fire rages for the 16th day.

"At this point, it's going to beryllium a wait-and-see," Aguirre said.

With the now-evacuated campy unit conscionable weeks distant from closing retired the play and winterizing the camp, they are hopeful they volition return, on with the campers.

"We consciousness assured that astatine the extremity of this, erstwhile our firefighters get this nether control, that we'll beryllium capable to resume activities backmost astatine Camp Fresno," Aguirre said.

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