Incident Update Salt 14-2 Fire
- Date:
- 09/04/2025
- Time:
- 7:25 PM
Information Line: (559) 356-5041
Incident Facts
- Name
- Salt 14-2 Fire
- Start Date/Time
- 2025-09-02
- Incident Status
- Active
- Location
- Jacalitos Creek Rd, Coalinga
- Type
- Wildfire
- Cause
- Under Investigation
- Counties
- Fresno
- Administration Unit
- Unified Command: CAL FIRE, Fresno Co Sheriff
- Unified Command Agency(s)
- Size
- 17,638
- Containment
- 10%
- Structures Threatened
- Structures Destroyed
- Structures Damaged
- Civilian Injuries
- Firefighter Injuries
- Civilian Fatalities
- Firefighter Fatalities
Current Situation
Situation Summary
Fire is well-established in extremely steep and complex topography, burning in a remote area with challenging access. The fire is within the 2017 Garza Fire footprint. The vegetation is composed of short, cured grass at lower elevations, transitioning to grass and brush in the middle elevations, and grass and trees at the upper elevations.
A cooling trend is expected to begin Friday.
CAL FIRE Incident Management Team 1 assumed command of the incident at 10:00am Thursday.
Evacuation Zones
Evacuation Information:
Evacuation Orders
Evacuation Orders issued for the following zones:
- MRY-G041-A
- P18-B
- P25
- P27-A
- P28
Evacuation Warnings
Evacuation Warnings issued for the following zones:
- MRY-G041-B
- P18-A
- P24-B
- P27-B
Road Closures
Full Closure:
- Parkfield Grade at SR 198
- Jacalitos Creek Road at W Lost Hills Road
Residents Only:
- South Merced Ave at Lucille Ave
- Oak Street at Parkfield Coalinga Rd (Monterey County)
Assigned Resources
Numerous firefighting air tankers from throughout the State are flying fire suppression missions as conditions allow.
- Engines
- 65
- Water Tenders
- 27
- Helicopters
- 9
- Dozers
- 73
- Hand Crews
- 22
- Other
- 117
- Total Personnel
- 1022