Firefighters made continued progress on the Slinkard Fire burning west of Topaz, reaching 49 percent containment by Monday morning, according to the Bureau of Land Management.
The Slinkard Fire burning in the Topaz area since Tuesday has grown to more than 9,000 acres as of Sunday morning with 35 percent containment, according to Bureau of Land Management Incident Command. Highway 395 remains open.
ALPINE COUNTY — Caltrans will close State Route 89/Monitor Pass on Sunday, May 8, 2022, due to an approaching storm that is expected to bring snow to the Sierra Nevada.District