Coleman (Wildfire)

The Coleman Fire started at 2:33 PM on Saturday, June 4, west of King City on the boundary of Fort Hunter Liggett and Los Padres National Forest’s Monterey Ranger District. By 3:00 PM the fire was moving at a rapid rate of spread through grass and brush and grew to more than 3,000 acres due to high temperatures, dry vegetation, and gusting winds. The Forest Service went into Unified Command with CALFIRE, a full response was initiated, and a Type 1 IMT was ordered. A full response is underway as numerous structures are threatened and some evacuations have been ordered. Aviation resources have been ordered and are working the incident, including two Type 1 (heavy) helicopters and two Type 2