Check your home: Here’s a map of the Mosquito Fire’s destruction in El Dorado County
With nearly four dozen buildings reported destroyed in the now nearly 50,000-acre Mosquito Fire, Cal Fire and the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office has launched an online map allowing evacuated residents to determine whether their home has been destroyed or damaged by the blaze.
The map as of Tuesday morning showed most of the reported damage concentrated along Volcanoville Road, which runs just south of the Middle Fork of the American River.
The map as of Tuesday morning showed 22 houses destroyed: 17 on Volcanoville Road, plus five others on adjacent streets. All reported destruction was on the north side of Volcanoville Road.
Three other homes in the same area were impacted: two “affected” by the fire, and one with “minor” damage, according to the map.
A few dozen other houses along Volcanoville Road were confirmed as undamaged, according to the map, which was published by the Sheriff’s Office using data gathered by Cal Fire damage assessment teams.
The map does not include homes damaged or destroyed in Placer County.
Cal Fire as of Tuesday morning reported 46 structures destroyed and five others damaged by the Mosquito Fire. Cal Fire’s figures do not include breakdowns by county.
Damage assessments are ongoing.
Roughly 250 people live in Volcanoville, which was placed under a mandatory evacuation order along with nearby Georgetown and Quintette last Thursday, when the fast-moving blaze jumped the Middle Fork of the American River.
This story was originally published September 13, 2022 at 10:07 AM with the headline "Check your home: Here’s a map of the Mosquito Fire’s destruction in El Dorado County."
