Wildfire spreading near Highway 120 prompts evacuations, Tuolumne County CA


A wildfire is advancing near the intersection of Highway 120 and Sims Road in California, leading to mandatory evacuations for areas east of the fire. Firefighters are coordinating air attacks and staging to control the fire and protect residents.
Audio|Source: Tuolumne County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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2.97 on command 12. Ryan, I copy you'll move the IC fire is moving towards 120. Let's put it in the grass right up to the Matozuma 120 intersection. We're going to move it back out 120 closer.
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has been advised. 2.7 air attack at 1800 and then we will need to depart to Reno. 1638. And did you copy, we'll need to recover in Reno.
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command at the IC at the closure. We're going to be our staging area for our vehicles further down 120. You'll be deferred to Reno for maintenance. Go ahead. New IC, Highway 120 and Sims Road for now. So when I copy new IC is 120 and Sims Road for now.
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to 120 and mandatory evacuations for anything in this grid square. So David 1, and I will start on that. 10-4, so basically everything to the east of your guys' location. Not the left side of the highway. Striking 92-73 goals. Did you have traffic?
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Location mentioned:
CA-120 & Sims Rd, California 95327
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