Updated: 9:58 p.m. June 29
First discovered: 11 hours ago, 10:04 a.m. June 29
Initial location: Turner Island Road and Chamberlain Road, Dos Palos Y, Merced County, Calif.
Fire unit: Cal Fire Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit
Fire type: Wildfire
Fire name: Turner Fire
Turner Fire initially started today at 10:04 a.m. in Merced County, California.
It has burned 19 acres after being active for 11 hours. The fire crew managed to contain the fire entirely as of Sunday evening. The blaze’s cause remains under investigation.
Cal Fire status update
Situation Summary
Forward progress stopped. Resourses will be committed a few hours for patrol and mop up.
Fire containment
What does 100% containment mean?
Note that full containment doesn’t mean the fire is completely out. In this case, it means that the wildfire has been fully enclosed by a control line and it is now stopped from spreading. A fully contained wildfire may continue to burn within the containment perimeter but is not likely to spread.
However, there’s a significant difference between containing and controlling a wildfire. After the fire is fully contained, the next step is to control it. Controlling a fire means ensuring that the fire can’t spread or cross the containment line.
Containment is part of a larger plan for managing a wildfire. It is normally expressed as a percentage and it refers to how much of the fire perimeter has been surrounded/enclosed by a control line that firefighters create. The containment percentage indicates a certain level of control, but it doesn’t always correlate to safety level. Also, it’s important to note that containment doesn’t mean a fire is out.
How is containment measured?
The incident’s central command constantly receives progress reports from firefighters on the ground. As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage. The percentage tells the public how much of the fire perimeter is believed to not go beyond the control lines.
Source: Cal Fire