July 12 2:30 p.m. UPDATE:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Truckee Meadows Fire Protection is reporting there was no significant growth overnight on the Elephant Fire. It has burned an estimated 4,400 acres.<\/p>\n
Fire officials say Truckee Meadows residents should expect drift smoke to continue to move into the area today.\u00a0<\/p>\n
More resources are being added to the fire, including air attacks as the fire moved to the easter side of the ridge tops.<\/p>\n
The fire is currently 5 percent contained.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Current evacuation information can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n July 11 10:00 p.m. UPDATE:\u00a0<\/p>\n According to Cal Fire<\/a>, the Elephant Fire has now burned 4,484 acres.\u00a0<\/p>\n July 11 6:30 p.m. UPDATE:\u00a0<\/p>\n According to CAL FIRE, the Elephant Fire is now 5 percent contained and has burned an estimated 2,300 acres.<\/p>\n According to the Forest Service,\u00a0the Fire ignited near Highway 49, northeast of Loyalton, Calif. near the Sierra and Plumas County line.<\/p>\n It is burning primarily in grass, brush and timber. The fire is moving through the 2020 Loyalton Fire scar.\u00a0<\/p>\n Firefighters are using a combination of direct suppression tactics, including bulldozers to construct fire lines, while aircraft are applying fire retardant and dropping buckets of water to slow the spread.\u00a0<\/p>\n An evacuation order remains in effect, see the evacuation map here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n July 11 4:30 P.M. UPDATE:<\/p>\n U.S. Forest Service fire crews, the Loyalton Fire Department and other agencies are responding to a wildfire burning east of Loyalton, California in Sierra and Plumas Counties.<\/p>\n