State ID: CA
3 letter designator: AEU
Fire name:Electra
Location: Hwy 49 & Electra Rd
Reported acres: 75+
Rate of spread: RROS
Report on Conditions:
Structure threat:
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Scanner link: El Dorado and Amador Counties Public Safety
Webcam link: ALERT Wildfire
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AA stating fire is well established in the river drainage and spotting.
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IC: 10 engines to Branch II on Calaveras side, additional crews and overhead ordered.
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It’s all uphill to Mokelumne Hill on the Calaveras side.
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Per Jackson FD, 75+ ac.
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2 VLATs on order
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Per Electra air attack, ordering 2 VLAT’s to the fire. He has lead plane on scene.
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Winds south southwest gusting to 18mph.
https://www.weather.gov/wrh/timeseries?site=PG388&hours=72
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Hearing a Charlie, 9140 I think, out of LNU being dispatched “Immediate Need” to AEU.
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Watching the VLATs fly over my house in Carmichael, coming out from McClellan air base.
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Per AA: north side moderate to dangerous ROS. Fire on south side is 40-50 acres.
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Structure threat in Div Mike (head of fire) in Ponderosa Rd area.
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AA, “This will go extended”
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Video from KCRA chopper
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This fire is in the BUTTE FIRE FOOTPRINT. There are a lot of pockets of unburned fuel. Both sides of Mokolmne Canyon. Headed East
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AA reporting fire spotting “couple of hundred yards to a quarter mile.”
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