1/2 acre in timber, about 5 miles due west of Rock Creek and 4 miles east of Stirling city. All aircraft are off the fire for the night. Originally reported with a moderate to dangerous rate of spread.
Camera: ALERTWest - Flea Mtn 2
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Updated acreage of 2 to 3 acres, with a slow rate of spread. Crews are still making access, per Watch Duty. Down canyon winds are beginning to pick up, with gusts up to 41 MPH on Flea Mtn, while in Stirling City, gusts are at 14 MPH.
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Fire activity has increased. Fire is estimated at 10 acres and potential for significant growth has increased. 3 night flying helicopters have been requested. Winds have increased at Stirling City to 7 MPH sustained and 25 MPH gusts, while at Flea Mtn, sustained winds are 22 MPH and gusts at 36 MPH.
Jarbo Gap (11 miles S) winds are gusting to 64 MPH with 35 MPH gusts.
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Decent burn history in the area, but if this fire establishes into the Feather River canyon it would fill the gap between the Camp, Dixie and the park fires. Could be checked up rather quickly if they are able to fill the copter order in a decent window with thier proximity to Desabla res.
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Evacuations were requested for the area of Rag Dump.
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I believe @pyrogeography mentioned in his livestream tonight that it is sandwiched between the Park and Dixie fire and is in the one unburned area of Butte County. https://youtu.be/kMHz5ZaT5V0?t=3866
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The wind is blowing toward Magalia with a lot of tough ground, in between. Bad deal. I’ve modeled ignitions in this area to identify scenarios that could take out what’s left of Magalia under winds like they’re having, now. In the computer, they did.
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Gnarly! From scanner traffic copters are working checklists so hopefully air resources soon. Ill peek youtube if things are less spicy and peep the lundmans video.
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4 copters enroute, one ch47 out of Redbluff, N429AS, N948CH, N562AJ out of Redding on an elephant march to the incident.
Screenshot wouldnt upload. Flight radar has em.
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Intel12 mapped this at 11.61 acres
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02: 30 hrs. check in. The Granite has been glowing brightly and occasionally extra brightly in the Flea Mtn camera feed. There is significant wind on the fire because the smoke is hugging the ground.
It is safe to guess that the fire would have been in Magalia as Zeke’s computer concluded, had the Night Droppers not been tremendously persistent and effective. Especially because the 1 AM FIRIS perimeter showed three large spots.
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Extended frequencies assigned to BTU Granite - let’s hope these stay quiet for the most part today due to efforts yesterday and overnight.
Air Tactics FM: 167.550
Air/Ground: CDF A/G8 159.345 t192.8
Rotor Vic: 127.025
CDF Tacs 21, 22
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A report from Watch Duty 6 hours ago says there is line around 50% of the fire and it is holding at 11.6 acres. Only the ALERTWest - Flea Mtn 1 camera shows light smoke. 1 type 1 and 2 type 3 air tankers are on load and return for the fire, with 2 type 1 helicopters also on scene.
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The fire is now 20% contained and is holding at 11.6 acres. There is a steady wind in the fire area, and day shift resources are engaged in constructing direct control lines. Aircraft are over the incident performing reconnaissance, dropping retardant, and water. It is not threatening any communities - per CAL FIR
It look on Flight radar like the tanker (133)that has been working this fire and buzzing my house all morning has headed for the Mildred fire west of Tahoe for a drop
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Looks like they swapped T133 out with T89 from GVAAB
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It looks like the air coverage has moved for the moment over to Lake Oroville and the 5-4 fire . Smoke is staying low on the cameras.
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