CA-BTU-Dixie?

[Kurt_Montandon]

Just saw a few retardant drops on the hills above Janesville.

[FSFF]

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180 degree wind shift on the Dixie

[pyrogeography]

So eerie watching this footage that’s a perfect recasting of the infamous Eagle Fire burnover with newer equipment. This video is shot within a mile or two of the Eagle Fire accident.
Why try to hold Highway 395, when Honey Lake is right there?

This fire whirl jumped 395 and lit the east side on fire. Scariest footage I’ve shot yet. #DixieFire

[burnit]

PyroG… that is a flashback! I was FBAN on the Eagle and it looks like the same picture I have in my mind from years ago…it has to be very near the same darned spot. Do we have to relearn the same lessons every generation ?

[FireBrother]

Flames visible on Hamilton Mountain Cam 1.

[captain71]

Can anyone tell me what the smoke column is that is showing north of Lake Almanor on the Butte Lake Webcam? Are they still firing out Hwy 36?

[Battalion14]

That Smoke is in the GENERAL area of Swain Mtn. Though a firing operation was completed along Hwy 36 from A13 to A21, there are still interior pockets no doubt. Modis still shows everything North of 36 until you get clear out toward Fredoyner/Goodrich Meadows.

[captain71]

Thanks, I know they were talking about buttoning up the threat around the Lake. So, that may have been accomplished.

[Battalion14]

The N/E winds have arrived. This will “test” the lines. We aren’t out of the woods yet, but things are looking better. Lots of difficult decisions made in the last month, both by the IMT and all the timber companies whose holdings have been significantly impacted.

[BroncRider]

Big Air Ops around Buntingville and Milford. Any progress??? TNKR914, TNKR01 and a AA King Air.

[FireBrother]

Fire appears to have slopped over the ridge at Beardsley Grade. It broke through the dozer lines on the ridge and is backing into Forman Ravine.

[TheBrushSlasher]

Hamilton mountain went offline a few hours ago. One of the shake and bake tents came apart and a small fire was creeping towards the little building.

[jtfc09]

[belle]

Seems wrong to ‘like’ this post…

[azucena]

Indian Ridge cam continues to show activity

[FireBrother]

Beardsley grade to the middle left. Mt Jura is the foreground on the right side, with the fire that jumped Beardsley yesterday burning behind it.

[Kurt_Montandon]

Just drove back from Standish to Chester by way of Portola, which basically took me around the entire southern perimeter, if this fire could be said to have one. That took me down 395 past the still-burning Janesville arm, while tankers were dropping on it (mostly just the Bae-146s out of Reno); then up through Portola past the Beckwourth Complex, then through a very smoky Quincy, then up 89/70. Which is just completely gone. It was dark by the time I got there, but 50 miles of one of the most scenic drives in the country is now gone - there were barely a handful of green trees left. Greenville and Canyon Dam were wiped out.

I’m glad it was getting dark (partly because of the smoke) by the time I made it past Quincy. Saw plenty of flame even right alongside the road, and up in the North Arm passing through Indian Valley. Bunches of burnt-out vehicles.

It was really, really disorienting driving up from Greenville on in the almost dark, because none of the skylines/features that were normally landmarks in the dark made sense anymore. I don’t look forward to seeing what daylight brings.