Sequoia National Park wildfire grows as suppression efforts continue

SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The wildfire successful Sequoia National Park, the Coffeepot Fire, is present burning implicit 200 acres, according to officials connected Friday.

Officials accidental the Coffeepot Fire, which began connected Aug. 3 successful the southwest country of Sequoia National Park and lighted again connected Aug. 12 aft a burning histrion fell and rolled implicit the containment line, is present burning 228 acres.

Although it is implicit 100 acres than officials reported connected Thursday, they accidental the maturation was expected, adjacent arsenic afloat suppression efforts continue. They accidental they are moving intimately with the Tulare County Sheriff's Office and the Office of Emergency Services should the request to contented evacuation orders arise, but it is not foreseen astatine this time.

A Type 3 Incident Team was expected to get connected Friday, but officials accidental they present person a larger Complex Incident Management Team arriving connected Saturday. The squad volition modulation with section NPS and spouse agencies to negociate the occurrence connected Sunday morning, portion moving intimately with section NPS occurrence personnel, Cal Fire, Tulare County Fire, BLM, and others.