Seems to be making another run
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Hard to see what is going on with around Virgilia as far as spotting into Rush Creek is going, but things are looking a wee bit hellish on the Indian Ridge camera.
http://www.alertwildfire.org/shastamodoc/index.html?camera=Axis-IndianRidge&v=fd40729
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Latest 2+ hour loop:
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Bigger picture view of the inversion lifting today. https://twitter.com/wildland_zko/status/1418003498692595712?s=20
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I saw that this morning, smoke was flowing low for a long way along canyons then caught by by winds, made it look like there was fire creating the smoke all over the place!
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Zeke, thank you for that. Been driving all day and couldnât have posted better info.
(Side note, thank you for your insights and Intel, I honestly feel your info and presence is invaluable on this forum)
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Where is that?
Did it really jump bucks lake or is that just a rumor?
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Those spots could be from lightning generated by the fire a couple days ago
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There are spots across Butte Valley Reservoir but they are believed to be hold overs from the lighting the other day.
Ok, so it hasnât crossed bucks.
I just have to point out ⌠itâs actually Butt Valley Reservoir (or more commonly Butt Lake). Not a typo or misunderstanding.
Yes, weâve heard, and made, all the jokes.
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Here is sort of a look quick look at tonightâs update if you missed it
The Dixie Fire is threatening so many portions of Plumas County, that it would be almost easier to list the areas that arenât threatened at this time.
According to tonightâs briefing, held at the Incident Command Center in Butte County, officials reported that the Dixie Fire is now 91,268 acres and remains 15 percent contained. As promised, more personnel have arrived on the scene and there are now 3,919 assigned to the fire.
The newest evacuation warning came just as tonightâs meeting got underway â Butterfly Valley, Round Valley Reservoir and Long Valley â were added due to a 100-acre spot fire near Eagle Rock.
Cal Fire Chief Tony Brownell said that the main activity today was in the Bucks Lake area. Heavy smoke was evident from vantage points throughout the county as it was making a slope run. Brownell said it gained ground but was still within containment lines. but it was reported that the fire is on the hill above Twain and crews are working to protect the community. There have been at least eight structures destroyed in the Belden/Tobin/Caribou area. It appears that Rush Creek has been spared.
He said that good progress had been made in the Butt Lake area, an opinion that Incident Commander Chief Nick Truax echoed later in the meeting. âWe are making good progress in the Butt Lake area,â he said and attributed that to a âton of help over there from the local timber companies, local fire agencies.â He said their assistance and knowledge of the area is invaluable.
When asked how far the fire was away from communities, Brownell said several miles. He pointed out that one inch on the map represents one square mile, but those are aerial miles, so it is different when the fire is actually moving through the terrain.
On Friday the current Incident Command Team will get some help. It will continue to handle what will be described as the west side of the fire, while another Type 1 interagency team will take the east side.
Officials are setting up incident command and fire camp at the Plumas Sierra County fairgrounds. The plan is for the fairgrounds to host the firefighters until Aug. 7, and then it would need to be relocated to make way for the livestock portion of the fair that gets underway that week, culminating in the livestock auction Aug. 15. The remaining portion of the fair runs from Aug. 19-
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Butt Lake cam
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That is gnarly
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RE:FLIR Cam @ Dyer Mtn > THAT is AWESOME!
Thank you AlertWildfire, DigitalPath.net, and Teledyne FLIR.
Weâll done!
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Branch 10, didnât catch Div, lots of interference on the feed tonight.
00:59 - Working 5 spots across the line.
02:02 - Not going to be able to pick these up, falling back to Humboldt Rd, too far established down the canyon. Spots spread out approx 5 miles now, some a mile over the line. Scouting to the north, looking to get a couple miles ahead as itâs going to come out in the morning.
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