New start between Castaic and Bouquet Resevoir
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100 acres, rros, both sides of Lake Hughes Canyon Road.
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Spotting 1/2 mile north of the main fire, north of Lake Hughes per PT 78
Copter on scene confirming 50 acres, winds 20 miles an hour, heavy fuel, RROS, both side of Lake Hughes, no structures. All FRA, potential for 1000 acres.
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IC reporting “very inaccessible terrain”.
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2nd alarm requested by LAC with Sheriff requested to initiate evacuations.
Edit: requesting 2nd come in from the south (Santa Clarita) I am “guessing” due to wind making access into the canyon difficult.
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Warm Springs reporting:
TIME = 3:53PM
HUMIDITY = 12%
WIND = SSE4G15MPH
TEMPERATURE = 94
FUEL_MOISTURE = 4
And a little further east Grass Mtn:
TIME = 3:59PM
HUMIDITY = 14%
WIND = SSW14G27MPH
TEMPERATURE = 89
FUEL_MOISTURE = 4
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This thing started 20 minutes ago and is now visible from the coast of Ventura County. Really getting with it.
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Multiple cameras have it.
Hauser: http://www.alertwildfire.org/orangecoca/index.html?camera=Axis-Hauser1&v=81e004f
Castro Peak: http://www.alertwildfire.org/orangecoca/index.html?camera=Axis-Castro1&v=81e004f
Camp Nine 1: http://www.alertwildfire.org/orangecoca/index.html?camera=Axis-Loop1&v=81e004f
IA thread has been started.
Watching the 1 hour loop on the Camp Nine camera and it was off to the races immediately
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After watching ABC7 feed, it appears that the fire is well south of Pine Canyon. That would put it closer to the Powerhouse Fire for sure, but that was more in San Fran canyon, just east of Hughes. Looks like the fire is heading towards Burnt Peak (no pun intended). I am thinking the start is closer to here: https://goo.gl/maps/XunyYTZnF4wtSqYA6 instead of at Pine Canyon, which is well north. This gives them more time for structure defense planning since the closest homes are well north.
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Not sure why they ordered type 2 . They could have a ton of S2’s if they ordered up 3’s 
Directly to a Type 1 IMT do to complexity?
There are no Type 2’s in the fleet, he meant type 3 air tankers.
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Was there an order for a team? Missed that one
Thanks Chaparral, I’ve noticed a lot of people ordering type 2 air tankers this year 
Either way, I hope he got what he wanted as that column is owning some property
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There needs to be a retyping of air tankers, and terminology, but that is a discussion for another time and place.
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