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There was minimal growth on the fire overnight. Crews continue to focus their efforts in the Devil’s Gulch area on the northeast side of the fire. Devil’s Gulch is rugged, incredibly steep and almost vertical terrain. This presents many operational challenges to firefighters. Hand crews are working a double shift to construct direct hand line in this hazardous terrain and helicopters will sling-load supplies in to support the operation. There is no uncontrolled fire growth expected in all other areas of the fire. Today temperatures will remain hot. Damage inspections continue.

PG&E is assessing assets and conducting repairs in areas where CAL FIRE has determined it is safe for crews to work. Power will be restored to customers who remain out as soon as it is possible to do so safely, and restoration depends on the extent of damage to PG&E equipment. Because of this, PG&E is unable to provide an estimated time of restoration. Of the more than 3,100 customers who were deenergized or lost power as a result of the fire, 730 remain out. The 730 who remain out are largely served by infrastructure that was directly damaged by the fire. For additional information and updates on outages, please visit PG&E’s Outage Map on pge.com/outage, or call their Outage Information line at 1-800-743-5002.

OAK FIRE LOCAL ASSISTANCE CENTER: August 1st through August 3rd, 9:00 A.M. TO 7:00 P.M at Mariposa High School Gymnasium, 5074 Old Highway N, Mariposa, CA 95338. This is a multi-agency support center to provide assistance to ANY residents impacted by the Oak Fire.

Fire restrictions and closures near the fire area are in place on the Sierra National Forest. This closure will support public safety by keeping public members out of hazardous burn areas and will allow firefighting resources to combat the Fire without public interference.

For additional information, please visit: https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/sierra/alerts-notices
For an updated Smoke Outlook, please visit: https://outlooks.airfire.org/outlook/3f18d7bc