Sierra wildfires shut down Avocado Lake Park

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Avocado Lake Park volition beryllium temporarily converted to a basal campy portion wildland crews enactment to power the aggregate fires burning done the Sierra.

The recreation tract volition beryllium closed until further notice, starting Tuesday.

Several fires ignited successful the Sierra National Forest implicit the past fewer days - including the Garnet Fire, which has grown to 4,442 acres successful little than 24 hours.

The occurrence ignited Sunday astatine 2:13 p.m., astir 10 miles eastbound of Pine Flat Lake, an country with constricted entree and steep terrain.

Other fires burning successful the Sierra include:

• The Tea Fire, reported Saturday, northwest of Granite Gorge
• The Saw Fire, reported Saturday, northbound of the Teakettle Experiment Area betwixt Patterson Mountain and Sawmill Flat
• The Sugar Fire, conscionable northeast of Sugarpine Hill
• The Rodgers Fire, up the northwest of Spanish Mountain
• The Garlic Fire, northwest of Deer Ridge, westbound of Spanish Mountain - staffed with smokejumpers
• The Tombstone Fire, reported Saturday, southbound of Tombstone Ridge, conscionable eastbound of Tombstone Creek
• The Village Fire, reported northeast of the Wishon Reservoir - staffed with smokejumpers
• Buck Fire adjacent Buck Meadow

The US Forest Service says the caller fires are believed to beryllium the effect of lightning strikes.