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TCU Lightning Complex Engine Rollover 2025

  • Incident Information:

    Attachment Size
    TCU Lightning Complex Engine Rollover Blue Sheet.pdf (128.36 KB) 128.36 KB
  • Location:

    California
  • Date:

    09/04/2025
  • Incident Type:

    Engine Incident
  • Description:

    On September 4, 2025, at approximately 0800 hours, a CAL FIRE Type 3 fire engine was assigned as part of a strike team assigned to the Tuolumne - Calaveras Unit (TCU) Lightning Complex in California. While traveling South on Highway 49 from the Incident Command Post (ICP) to their line assignment the engine was involved in a rollover. Two of the engine company personnel were evaluated at scene and released. One was transported to Adventist Health in Sonora for evaluation and was later released.