Update: Containment Growing On Boneyard Fire

Update at 9:14 am: CAL Fire has updated the containment estimate of the Boneyard Fire to 55%. It remains 227 acres. CAL Fire notes that “line construction, reinforcement and mop-up will continue today.”

Original story posted at 6:21 am: Tuolumne County, CA — Now that all of the evacuation orders and road closures have been lifted related to Saturday’s Boneyard Fire along Priest Coulterville Road, near Jackass Creek Road, crews will work today on strengthening containment lines and doing more mop-up.

CAL Fire estimates that the blaze is 227 acres with 40% containment.

There have been no injuries or structures reported as damaged at this time. As of Sunday evening, there were 15 engines assigned, eight water tenders, six hand crews, a helicopter, and two dozers. There are 265 firefighters still on scene.

An active investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing.

Over the weekend, there was also a four-acre fire along Warren Road in Calaveras County on Sunday, and an RV Fire on Rimrock Road in Tuolumne County on Saturday that spread to a patch of nearby vegetation.