VIDEO: Heaps Peak, Del Rosa, Mill Creek Crews Assigned to Hathaway Burn Area, Still 95 Pct Contained

A contingent of 51 personnel remained assigned to the Hathaway Fire burn area east of Redlands and northeast of Banning as Monday evening, including Del Rosa Hot Shots, Mill Creek Hot Shots and a Heaps Peak Helitack crew, the acting incident commander said in an interview at Banning Municipal Airport.

The size of the burn area remained at 3,825 acres and containment was still estimated at 95 percent, USFS Capt. Uriel Ortega of the Del Rosa Hot Shots said shortly after 5:30 p.m. June 24.

The estimated cost of fighting the fire as of Monday evening was $13 million, Ortega said.

The cause of the fire, which broke out Sunday June 9 on the north edge of the Morongo Indian Reservation, remained under investigation.

Twelve firefighters have sustained minor injuries on the Hathaway Fire since June 9. A Burn Area Emergency Response team has been assigned to the incident.

The remaining helicopter assigned to the burned area Monday was from Heaps Peak, just off Highway 18 outside Lake Arrowhead. Del Rosa firefighters are from north San Bernardino and Mill Creek firefighters are based at Highway 38 and Bryant. Going forward, incident command for the fire will be at Mill Creek Ranger Station, Mentone.

To read previous Banning-Beaumont Patch coverage of the Hathaway Fire click the following links:

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UPDATE: Hathaway Fire NE of Banning Now 80 Percent Contained

UPDATE: Hathaway Fire Cost to Date Estimated $9.3 Million, 73 Percent Contained

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UPDATE: Hathaway Fire NE of Banning Now Estimated 3,816 Acres, 52 Percent Contained

UPDATE: Hathaway Fire Burns Fuel Near Whitewater River, Now Estimated 3,596 Acres

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UPDATE: Hathaway Fire NE of Banning Estimated 3,520 Acres, 43 Percent Contained

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UPDATE: Hathaway Fire NE of Banning Grows to 3,130 Acres, Estimated 40 Percent Contained

UPDATE: Fire NE of Banning Grows to 2,372 Acres, Estimate 30 Percent Contained

UPDATE: Mountain Blaze NE of Banning Estimated 1650 Acres, 25 Pct Contained

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UPDATE: Fire NE of Banning Grows to 1,500 Acres, Concern for 'Significant Growth Potential'

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Fire NE of Banning Grows to 1,300 Acres, Smoke and Aircraft Visible in Redlands

Agencies that have worked the fire include the U.S. Forest Service, Cal-Fire Riverside County, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, and Morongo Tribal Bureau of Indian Affairs.