Between fish springs and Aberdeen in the owens valley. AA off Fresno and S2s coming from Porterville.
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Per WD 100 acres and spotting , spotting reports to 5 miles … not sure im buying that
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4 additional tankers. Noticeable increase in smoke production.
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MAFFS enroute from SMX
Lead plane from FOX
I believe there are two contract helos “nearby” one at lone pine the other from mammoth.
Sierra wave media live on scene.
https://fb.watch/IuvOxCyfwp/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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If you hit the time lapse you can see an updraft pickup the column and smoke.
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400 acres now.
Potential for 3000 ordering 10 additional strike teams of engines. That’s per second hand source don’t know if that’s going to be Charlie’s or any type but it’s immediate need.
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This was posted by BDU on their X account so i would consider it first hand
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Got from someone else before they posted it 
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Now 1200 acres per there twitter.
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Mapped at 1400 acres collumn still somewhat visible on camera.
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9421C immediate need in route
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Nice sunset drive through YNP
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2 night copters assigned.
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Kern has ST 9470C and 9475G en route.
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The helo at Mammoth is a Type 1 Chinook, but I don’t know about the copter from Lone Pine. Wildweb shows that Independence Helitack’s Type 3 helo is also on scene.
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They were doing a firing op around Aberdeen . Multiple strike teams enroute to the incident still. Still good glow on the cameras.
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Some fire history since 2006, but before that, there’s not much history. When the perimeter was flown, the head just managed to thread itself between two lava flows.
The lava flows are not completely bare, as this is the view from the 395 in September 2025, near the “Blackrock” label on the 2nd image:
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In other words sounds like a long night.
1795 acres now.
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