New fire in AEU near Georgetown, I believe it started as a structure fire about 30 min ago. It spotted across then canyon and is running up hill. I don’t have any other info at this time. Near Coon Creek Rd off Georgetown Rd. Aircraft on order.
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Initial report for the vegetation fire was half to one acre moving up hill.
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Off it goes…
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Fires in Georgetown often seem to get very large
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AA is still en-route but has ordered a LAT and extra Copter from a distance. Law Enforcement en-route for Evacuations.
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The fire is now 4-5 acres w/ moderate rate of spread & is making short runs in timber, 2 structures are immediately threatened - tankers have dropped retardant in front of those . Tanker131 a C130 just passed over Paradise. Almost to Grass Valley now
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Spotting too. One is pretty far out.
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Looks some some short range spotting. 2 spots out ahead.
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I imagine we’ll start hearing some significant resource orders going out.
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That C130 continued southward at 11000 feet. Going somewhere else…
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It’s been awhile, but if my memory serves me correctly there are a significant number of structures dotted all thru the area.
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Tankers were doing defensive drops around a few structures.
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737 has arrived (TKR 210)
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Bald Mtn RAWS:
|Wind Speed MPH|4 mph|
|Wind Direction Degrees|226 degrees|
|Air Temperaturee, Standard Placement|84 deg. F|
|Fuel Temperature|106 deg. F|
|Relative Humidity|23 % |
Gusts to 13 from SW.
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TKR131 (C130) has arrived
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I’m sitting in Truckee by the airport and the shinook just lifted off heading towards the fire
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Scanner link here
Edit: primarily air ops
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