Update: McFarland Fire at St. Herman's Monastery

RE-SHARING: FW: UPDATE ON ST. HERMAN'S MONASTERY, Northern California IN THE MIDST OF THE McFARLAND FIRE

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From: Nina Kencis
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2021 7:41 AM
To: Dan Everiss; Daniel Olson
Subject: Fwd: UPDATE ON ST. HERMAN'S MONASTERY IN THE MIDST OF THE McFARLAND FIRE

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From: solomonia

Subject: Fw: UPDATE ON ST. HERMAN'S MONASTERY IN THE MIDST OF THE McFARLAND FIRE

Date: August 26, 2021 at 8:20:44 AM MDT

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Just received this morning.

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From: "Louise Doubleday" 
To: "solomonia", "Mary Mansur"
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Sent: Thursday August 26 2021 9:21:52AM
Subject: Fw: UPDATE ON ST. HERMAN'S MONASTERY IN THE MIDST OF THE McFARLAND FIRE

 

UPDATE ON MONASTERY EVACUATION  19 hours ago

We are now on the ninth day of our evacuation from the St. Herman Monastery due to threat of fire. The Monastery of St. John of San Francisco, which is located in Manton, across the Sacramento valley from us, has graciously hosted us the entire time.

Firefighters in Platina have been working hard to create a fire break around our monastery. Today they did some controlled burns for that purpose. So far, the fire has been contained in Beegum Gorge, below the monastery. If it spreads toward our monastery, the firefighters will be prepared.

We thank all those who have been praying for us, and we ask for continued prayers, not only for us, but also for the heroic firefighters and for all those who have been adversely affected by the many wildfires (739 to be exact) that are now active in the USA, especially in the Western states.

 

From Bishop Gerasim today (8/25/2021):

It appears that the firefighters did some control burning at the top of the mountain where there is a wide bulldozer path to protect the monastery and to prevent the fire moving toward the town of Platina. Noble Ridge above Beegum Gorge has been burned but it seems that this is only the slope facing the Gorge. Fire containment is currently up to 73% from 51% last week. Apparently good news.

 

From Kate McCaffery:

You can "zoom in" on the McFarland Fire on this map.  You will see a 'blank area' surrounded by the fires - that clear area is the location of the Monastery of St. Herman, below Platina to the north. Glory be unto God.

McFarland Fire Information - InciWeb the Incident Information System

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7746/