Update: Fire In Pioneer Area In Amador County, Evacuations
Tiger Fire burning northeast of Pioneer in Amador County taken from -- PGE camera in West Point in Calaveras County
View VideoUpdate at 4:10 p.m.: PG&E reports the power is out for 1,790 customers within and around the Tiger Fire area. Further details on the blaze can be viewed below.
Update at 2:58 p.m.: Fire mapping has updated the Tiger fire’s size to 84 acres. The mandatory evacuation and advisory areas have expanded within the advisory area, as seen in this map. An animal shelter has been established at Laughton Ranch, 90 Clinton Road in Jackson. In addition, an evacuation center has been opened at the Amador Senior Center at 229 New York Ranch Road in Jackson.
Update at 2:50 p.m.: While evacuation orders and advisories have been issued in Amador County for the 50- to 60-acre Tiger Fire burning near Pioneer (see below) in Amador County, close to the Calaveras County line near West Point, Clarke Broadcasting checked with the Calaveras County Sheriff’s office regarding evacuations. Spokesperson Lt. Greg Stark stated, “We have no warnings or evacuation orders on our side of the river.”
Update at 2:15 p.m.: The CAL Fire AEU Unit reports that evacuation orders and advisories have been issued for the Tiger Fire burning in Amador County, close to the Calaveras County line near West Point. CAL Fire reports that the blaze is 40 to 50 acres in size and moving at a moderate rate of spread in a drainage area near Tiger Creek. The flames ignited in the 28000 block of Tiger Creek Road off Highway 88, with structures threatened.
Mandatory Evacuation Orders:
- Stephanie Way
- Tiger Creed Rd.
- Black Prince Rd. E.
- Black Prince Rd.
The Red Cross has set up an evacuation shelter at the Amador Senior Center at 229 New York Ranch Road in Jackson.
Original post at 1:23 p.m.: Pioneer, CA — Air and ground fire resources are working a vegetation fire, named the Tiger Fire, northeast of Pioneer in Amador County, close to the Calaveras County line near West Point.
CAL Fire reports that the blaze is 40 to 50 acres in size and moving at a moderate rate of spread in a drainage area near Tiger Creek. The flames ignited in the 28000 block of Tiger Creek Road off Highway 88. Currently, there are structures threatened. An update will be provided as soon as new information becomes available in the newsroom.
