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KNP Complex

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Unit Information

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks 
47050 Generals Highway 
Three Rivers, 
California 
93271 
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks 
47050 Generals Highway 
Three Rivers, 
California 
93271 

Incident Contacts

  • Public Fire Information Line
    Email:
    seki_fire_info@nps.gov
    Phone:
    559-565-3704
    Hours:
    8 am - 5 pm 7 days

Photographs Gallery

Engine Crews Protecting the Park Headquarters
Multiple fire crews stationed around buildings in a smoke filled canyon
Multiple fire crews stationed around buildings in a smoke filled canyon
Engine Crews Protecting the Park Headquarters

Engine Crews Protecting the Park Headquarters

Air support with retardant
A helicopter drops red retardant across a valley
A helicopter drops red retardant across a valley
Air support with retardant

NPS/Mark Garrett

General Sherman area hose lay and sprinklers
Hoselays surround a paved visitor use area
Hoselays surround a paved visitor use area
General Sherman area hose lay and sprinklers

NPS/Mark Garrett

Burnout operation
Firefighters monitor a hose lay and active fire behavior in an open forest
Firefighters monitor a hose lay and active fire behavior in an open forest
Burnout operation
Firing operations along the General's Hwy
Two firefighters use drip torches to complete a burnout operation
Two firefighters use drip torches to complete a burnout operation
Firing operations along the General's Hwy

NPS/Mark Garrett

Air support along the General's Highway
A helicopter with a hose flies in orange skies
A helicopter with a hose flies in orange skies
Air support along the General's Highway

NPS/Mark Garrett

Lodgepole employee housing hoselay and snaptanks
Multiple red water tanks and hose lays in the middle of a paved road with many buildings on a smoky day
Multiple red water tanks and hose lays in the middle of a paved road with many buildings on a smoky day
Lodgepole employee housing hoselay and snaptanks

NPS/Mark Garrett

KNP Complex from Amphitheater Point 09-19-2021
A rugged mountain landscape with smoke rising from it with a sign in the foreground
A rugged mountain landscape with smoke rising from it with a sign in the foreground
KNP Complex from Amphitheater Point 09-19-2021

Smoke rises from the southern portion of the KNP Complex, seen from Amphitheater Point on 9-18-2021 NPS/MTheune

bulldozer operations
south of shepherds saddle the view of the dozer created contingency line can be seen from a higher peak
south of shepherds saddle the view of the dozer created contingency line can be seen from a higher peak
bulldozer operations

Looking from a peak south of shepherd's saddle you can see the extent of the contingency line on 9-19-21 Photo: NPS/Mark Garrett

Helicopter water drop
An orange Blackhawk helicopter drops water on Paradise ridge where fire behavior increased when the inversion lifted yesterday
An orange Blackhawk helicopter drops water on Paradise ridge where fire behavior increased when the inversion lifted yesterday
Helicopter water drop

Blackhawk helicopter drops water on Paradise ridge after yesterday's inversion lifted which resulted in more active fire behavior seen on 9-19-2021 Photo NPS/Mark Garrett

bulldozer operations
A pushed out bulldozed area with 4 dozers parked
A pushed out bulldozed area with 4 dozers parked
bulldozer operations

Bulldozers improved the fire road from Ash mountain to North Fork road with masticators and bulldozers seen on 9/19/2021 Photo: NPS/Mark Garrett

Fire in the Giant Forest (Four Guardsmen Area)
Fire creeps along the ground below gigantic reddish trees with a foil-like wrapping at the base.
Fire creeps along the ground below gigantic reddish trees with a foil-like wrapping at the base.
Fire in the Giant Forest (Four Guardsmen Area)

Fire in the Giant Forest in the Four Guardsmen area on 9/18/2021 NWS/MMehle

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