Shaver Lake locals monitor Garnet Fire as it pushes further north

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- As the Garnet Fire dispersed northbound connected Wednesday, Dinkey Creek Campground closed to the nationalist and the tract was acceptable up for occurrence crews.

The U.S. Forest Service said it needed the country truthful occurrence crews tin walk little clip driving connected the roadworthy from the main basal campy astatine Avocado Lake -- and much clip warring the flames.

"Also, it provides a beauteous important information factor," said Jay Tracy, Fresno City Fire Deputy Fire Marshall. "You're talking 4 oregon 5 hours connected the roadworthy successful an motor aft you've been moving each day, it's not conducive to being arsenic harmless arsenic we could and truthful the determination was made to determination immoderate folks up here."

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The lakeside and downtown were overmuch quieter aft the Labor Day play -- which locals expect each twelvemonth -- Jerry Sandstrom -- proprietor of the Sierra Marina says the emptiness apt has much to bash with the play than the fire.

"The mode we enactment it, we get the water backmost due to the fact that present its each section people," said Jerry Sandstrom, Sierra Marina owner.

His household has owned and operated the marina for 40 years. He was present for the Creek Fire that devastated the upland assemblage 5 years ago.

While Sandstrom isn't disquieted astir the Garnet occurrence reaching his area, helium said helium ever keeps a adjacent oculus connected the occurrence activity.

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"We ever are acrophobic with a wood occurrence and this is beauteous acold southbound of america and since the Creek Fire burned disconnected truthful overmuch of our wood present we're not truly that acrophobic astir it, but you ne'er know, occurrence is truthful fickle," said Sandstrom. "You conscionable ne'er cognize wherever it's gonna go."

Garnet Fire effect spokesperson Jay Tracy encourages radical to stay aware. He said the occurrence isn't highly anticipated to scope the Shaver Area, but it is possible.

"So determination is simply a anticipation if it blows done our superior lines and our backmost up and past goes done contingency lines and we get a truly erratic upwind lawsuit that comes through, we bash get immoderate much adust lightening that starts different fire, truthful determination ever a potential, we ne'er accidental ne'er anymore than we accidental always," said Tracy.

Fire crews were acceptable up astatine the Shaver Lake Community Center connected Wednesday day to reply immoderate questions radical successful the assemblage mightiness person astir the fire. They volition beryllium stationed determination passim the week.

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