Savage Fire 1990

August 30, 1990 El Portal, California --Savage Fire – A Mariposa-based helicopter uses the Merced River as a water source. The Savage Fire was 1,000 acres. After the Arch Rock and Steamboat Fires earlier in the month, CDF and US Forest Service wasted no time in stopping the fire. The fire started in the bottom of the Merced River Canyon near the old Savage Trading Post, then ran 1,700 feet up to Ferguson Ridge burning 550 acres of the Sierra National Forest.

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Image Size: 2700x2202 / 2.0MB; El Portal California August 30 1990 Cal Fire fire fighting Al Golub Photography wildland fire forest fire grass fire helicopter water drops western Sierra mountains fire engines Air tanker retardant hose Complex Fire Yosemite National Park Hotshots US forest Service blm chp cdf burnout Stanislaus National Forest Sierra National Forrest
Contained in galleries: 1990 Savage Fire

August 30, 1990 El Portal, California --Savage Fire – A Mariposa-based helicopter uses the Merced River as a water source. The Savage Fire was 1,000 acres. After the Arch Rock and Steamboat Fires earlier in the month, CDF and US Forest Service wasted no time in stopping the fire. The fire started in the bottom of the Merced River Canyon near the old Savage Trading Post, then ran 1,700 feet up to Ferguson Ridge burning 550 acres of the Sierra National Forest.