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Quail Fire

Quail Fire Incident Information:
Last Updated: August 16, 2006 7:00 am   FINAL
Date/Time Started: August 13, 2006 12:33 pm  
Administrative Unit: Los Angeles County Fire 
County: Los Angeles County  
Location: North bound 5 at Quail Lake Road, Gorman  
Acres Burned: 4,864  
Containment 100% contained - 4,864 acres  
Structures Destroyed:1 residence and 1 outbuilding destroyed, and 1 outbuilding damaged.  
Threatened: Tejon Ranch Livestock, Edison Transmission Livestock, Natural Gas Lines.  
Injuries: 3  
Cause: Under Investigation 
Cooperating Agencies: CDF, Los Angeles County Fire, Kern County Fire, American Red Cross, CHP, Los Angeles County Sheriffs Office, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Caltrans, Cal Edison.  
Total Fire Personnel: 1,355 (889 CDF)  
Engines: 90 (40 CDF)  
Fire crews: 53 (38 CDF)  
Helicopters: 2  
Dozers: 8  
Water tenders: 10  
Costs to date: $2.2 million  
Major Incident Command Team: CDF Incident Command Team # 7 (Hutchinson) is in Unified Command with Los Angeles County Fire Dept (Gil) and Kern County Fire Dept (Racicot).  
Conditions: Ongoing mop up of the fire and demobilization of resources is ongoing.
CDF Command Team #7 plans on a tenative transition of the incident back to Los Angeles County Fire Dept. and Kern County Fire Dept. on Thursday 8-17-06.