Photo by Gary Meyer, The Mountain Enterprise. An LA County Firefighter puts water on a burning wood structure just 150 yards north of McDonalds in Gorman, at about 4 p.m. on June 15.
GORMAN, CA (Friday, June 21, 2024 at 8:30 a.m.)—Burned acreage has not increased since Tuesday, June 18. Containment of the Post Fire has increased to 61% as of this morning’s update from Los Angeles County Fire Department.
GORMAN, CA (Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:06 a.m.)—Containment of the fire is now at 39% with acreage held at 15,690.
GORMAN, CA (Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 10:30 p.m.)—Containment of the fire is now at 31% with acreage held at 15,690.
GORMAN, CA (Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 4:06 p.m.)—Containment has increased to 24% and estimated acreage burned is now at 15,690.
GORMAN, CA (Monday, June 17, 2024 at 6:20 p.m.)—Containment has increased to 20% with acreage burned at 15,611, according to Cal Fire.
GORMAN, CA (Monday, June 17, 2024 at 11:30 a.m.)—The Post Fire has burned 15,610 acres, is still 8% contained and has reached the west edge of Pyramid Lake.
GORMAN, CA (Monday, June 17, 2024 at 6:30 a.m.)—The Post Fire is now 8% contained according to Cal Fire.
GORMAN, CA (Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 8:20 p.m.)—Cal Fire has updated its estimate of the area burned in the Post Fire to 14,625 acres. The fire remains at 2% containment.
GORMAN, CA (Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 10:40 a.m.)—Cal Fire updated its estimate of the area burned in the Post Fire to 12,265 acres. The fire is currently 2% contained.
GORMAN, CA (Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 8:34 a.m.)—The Post Fire has grown to 11,000 acres overnight and continues in a southerly direction just north of Pyramid Lake, according to Cal Fire this morning.
GORMAN, CA (Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 9:50 p.m.)—According to CHP, the fire is possibly jumping between Smokey Bear Road and Pyramid Lake. The Post Fire is headed south.
GORMAN, CA (Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 5:50 p.m.)—Another fire east of Neenach is being reported by citizens in that area, which is about 15 miles east of Gorman.
GORMAN, CA (Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 5:45 p.m.)—Frazier Park and Lebec are not considered threatened at this time.
GORMAN, CA (Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 5:03 p.m.)—A grass fire, reported at 1:46 p.m., burning on the south side of Interstate 5 in Gorman has now charred over 2,000 acres so far. It appeared to our reporter that the auto repair and tire shop near McDonalds suffered fire damage and vehicles stored in their yard were destroyed. A CHP officer, early in the incident phase, suggested a pickup truck towing a trailer may have had tow chains sparking on the asphalt that may have ignited the fire, but this is not information confirmed by the fire department. According to Cal Fire, the only evacuation ordered, as of 5:01 p.m., was Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area west of McDonalds.
This is part of the June 21, 2024 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.
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