July 30, 2002 1:30 PM
Staff are making arrangements to return to camp as early as tomorrow.
July 29, 2002 12:00 AM
Residents and Business owners will be allowed past the road block starting 8 AM 7-29-2002
July 28, 2002 8:00 AM
The fire has burned 64,500 acres.
The cost of fighting the fire has reach $9.1 million.
July 27, 2002 12:00 AM
Fire fighters have reached 30% containment.
62,000 acres have burned.
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July 26, 2002 5:00 PM
The fire has moved away from camp and is burning in the opposite direction.
The road block will be moved from Pierpoint to Cedar Slope tonight.
High School II is NO LONGER canceled.
Update letter from out Program Director, Chris Sterry.
July 26, 2002 7:00 AM
Pictures taken by staff from Dome Rock on July 21st hours after the fire started.
It is important to note the Quaker Meadow is NOT currently in any immediate danger.
The fire is 10% contained.
To date the firefighting effort has cost $5.2 million.
July 25, 2002 6:00 PM
Quaker Meadow is not in any immediate danger, however, High School II has been canceled for logistical reasons.
High School III has NOT been canceled.
July 25, 2002 5:00 PM
The fire has not breached the Western Divide highway to the Bakersfield side at any point so far.
All fire lines at the Dome Rock area and around the Ponderosa in general are holding, but fires are still burning.
The fire has been slowed down at upper elevations by a very heavy inversion layer of dense smoke.
The aggressive "Hot Spot" part of the fire is rapidly moving North and East towards the Rincon Trail area. (away from Camp)
Looking South from Dome rock the entire valley is burned from Johnsondale out toward the North Fork of the Kern River.
Sometime yesterday a small fire started near the intersection of the Needles lookout road and the Highway. It was put out.
July 25, 2002 3:00 PM
The US Forest Service has posted a photo gallery of recent pictures of the fire and the devastations.
July 25, 2002 12:00 PM
The US Forest Service has published an Information Page
for the McNally Fire.
July 25, 2002 10:00 AM
The fire grew slowly yesterday only gaining 7,000 acres.
Fire fighting crews plan to create a defendable boundary up to Peppermint. This will help protect Ponderosa and Quaker Meadow.
July 25, 2002 6:00 AM
The Associated Press reports that the fire was 5% contained by Wednesday evening.
By Wednesday evening the fire had consumed 57,000 acres.
The woman arrested in connection with the fire admitted to accidentally setting the blaze while trying to cook
hotdogs at her campsite.
July 24, 2002 6:00 PM
The Associated Press reports that authorities have arrested a woman believed to be responsible for the fire.
July 24, 2002 4:00 PM
The McNally fire has been upgraded from a Type 2 incident to Type 1, signalling the highest level of national priority for fire fighting resources.
Currently the fire has a perimeter about 50 miles long. Sources close to the fire believe "it will take weeks" to fully contain, and the fire won't be out
completely until the snows come.
Officials believe the fire was "human caused", but have not specified whether the fire was known to be accidental or maliciously started
July 24, 2002 11:00 AM
Local fire sources are claiming that there is 0% containment, conflicting with earlier media reports.
July 23, 2002 8:00 PM
The Associated Press reports that the fire is 20% contained and burning in the Kern river Plateau area SW of the Needles lookout.
The fire had burned more than 48,200 acres by 3 PM Tuesday
July 23, 2002 2:00 PM
The wind has shifted and the fire is burning in the opposite direction as Quaker Meadow. Praise God!
Kim Ramsey and some limited staff are on site, but highway 190 is still closed to the public.
July 23, 2002 11:00 AM
Preliminary reports indicate that the fire was burning around the Dome Rock area.
July 22, 2002 6:00 PM
Camp was evacuated on Monday evening. Campers were bussed home and permanent staff stayed in Bakersfield.
The fire had burned more than 15,000 acres by 6 PM Monday
July 22, 2002 8:00 AM
A forest fire being called the McNally fire started near Johnsondale Sunday afternoon.
Other sources of information
USFS McNally Fire Photo Gallery
USFS McNally Fire Incident Report
Recent Fresno Bee Article
Fresno Bee Article
Associated Press Article
Forest Service Fire Maps
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