The Oak and Seven Fire have merged into one fire known as the Seven Oaks Fire. Both the Sage and Seven Oaks fires burned aggressively all day on Saturday. The fire has burned over 34,000 Acres currently and has required the mobilization of several strike teams from around the state. One of those strike teams is from the Tuolumne Calaveras Unit of CalFire. TCU CalFire public Information Officer Nancy Longmore has announced the injury of several of the local fire fighters. According to Longmore at approximately 3:30 PM on Saturday, July 7, three firefighters from CAL FIRE/California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection were injured while on the fire line of the Inyo Complex near Independence, California. 

The firefighters were part of two engines working together.  Five (5) firefighters were on one engine and four (4) firefighters on the other, when the fire situation became critical.  The firefighters deployed their fire shelters until the fire subsided enough for them to escape.  Three firefighters sustained minor injuries and were transported to the Fresno Burn Center by helicopter per CAL FIRE policy.  One of the engines was destroyed and one was able to be driven.  Six of the firefighters did not sustain any injury.  The burn incident is currently under investigation