Dixie Fire - 8/14/2021 Update.
Large areas of fire growth yesterday were on Coyote Peak and west of Willow Lake. No real growth toward Westwood, Clear Creek, Hamilton Branch, East Shore, or the Peninsula. Chester, Lake Almanor West and Prattville are still fine.
New post with updated detailed maps from 6:30 this morning and discussion.
https://the-lookout.org/2021/08/14/dixie-fire-8-14-2021-morning/
Tankers 102 & 15 are working the highway 89 and 36 area.
Don’t remember seeing this IWI on the thread. 4 CF firefighters, including a captain injured by a falling tree on the Dixie. NBC just showed the Captain being flown and landing in San Diego for continued treatment. Happened early in the week and sounds like he was extremely lucky. News said they were all from Rainbow crew 5. Hope for a speedy recovery!!!
I know I saw the Blue Sheet on here, but I dunno when it was posted — glad he’s close to home and praying for rapid recovery!`
Add a couple of MAFFS and a VLAT.
Incident occurred on Aug 7th.
Blue sheet came out 24 hours after.
Good sized pyro cumulus over the southeast corner of the fire near antelope lake. Won’t be long before this hits the walker fire scar.
#DixieFire - 8/14/2021 Evening Update.
No major runs on the West Zone as of 6:30.
Drakesbad Lives (?)
Could Lassen Park save Shingletown?
And why we need to burn our forests to save them.
Read it all in The Lookout!
https://the-lookout.org/2021/08/14/dixie-fire-8-14-2021-evening/
Dixie Fire - 8/15/2021 Morning Update.
New mapping of yesterday’s blowup near Antelope Lake. How thinning in 1980s-2000s changed forests around Westwood, the Walker family fire story, and how Dixie still poses a threat to Susanville. https://the-lookout.org/…/15/dixie-fire-8-15-2021-morning/
They are. I’m up in the Westwood area. Passing by it looked like they’re in mop up stage.
New IR maps from 2:30pm.
A new firing operation along Highway 36.
And commentary about why firefighters are damned if the do and damned if they don’t when it comes to putting fire on the ground under extreme conditions. 8/15/2021 – Afternoon – The Lookout
1830 Sunday: The L-1 fire on Morgan Mountain at 36 and 89 has decided to join the fray this afternoon. Morgan Group right at Branch 9/13 split, Div L/N split in far eastern Tehama County.
It is about to hit Hwy 36 just east of the summit. Multiple strike teams and resources setting up for structure protection in the 172/36 area, Childs Meadows etc. More engines setting up at the summit to make a stand. Lots of T1 rotor working out of an MRB. Shutting down power Hwy 36/172.
Winds are not in our favor for the communities up there. PGE Hwy36 WX right on the highway at the base of Morgan Mtn and Childs Meadows. NNW 9G17 with humidity dropping down to 15% from 33 at noon.
New IR maps from 11:30 pm last night. Fire active in all the same places, firing on Hwy 36 was holding, spread in Lassen Park is slow, Drakesbad survives, and weather forecast for next several days is really bad news.
https://the-lookout.org/2021/08/16/8-16-2021-dixie-fire/
569,707 acres and 31% contained
