So far I see 10 tankers in the air , CFR 606,89,93,210 TKR 912 ,03 ,910 , t15 and MaffS01, S2, S6 , S9 .
WE just got an alert for Mineral and Mill Creek, code red. told them to go while they still can.
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FYI…
Deputies and allied agencies are notifying anyone who remained in the Mill Creek and Mineral areas of Tehama County to evacuate now. A re broadcast of the evacuation order has been sent out on the Genasys system and Tehama Alert. Highway 36 is open for individuals who are leaving the area only.
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VLAT 910 en route from MCC
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I think so. This brings the re emergence of the Dixie to mind.
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They got both Vlats in before cutoff, just saw 911 was inbound to MCC also
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Sharing your sadness. We live just west of the St Bernard on Hwy 36.
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Haha was my exact words as I was talking to my captain when this thing blew back up
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Yes, firing op planned for tonight
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Camera vectors (white lines) from Stover Mtn and Colby put the fire near DP-46 on Deer Creek Rim above Big Bend in Mill Creek.
Red fill is 17:30 perimeter. Purple is 15:30 perimeter, red outline is 8/4/24 - 20:45.
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Thank you Zeke!
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Was working between 41, up to 42, then 46 the better part of the day. It got ugly pretty quick. Moved everyone one back down to 41, or on L Line. This was at DP41 about 90 minutes later.
Shortly after that, the tankers arrived and made some drops as the now safety zone was improved.
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I said it here a while ago, having worked in the Mill Creek drainage at least 4 times in my career, but Mill Creek drainage is a difficult fire environment area…steep, no access to motorized equipment, rocky, an alighted drainage, very long travel times, etc. Good luck!
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0510 IR product overlayed on relief shading shows adjacent to the HWY 172 corridor, with a spot or burn show on 172. On Mineral Summit. Educated gues would be the latter.
Structure impacts in orange.
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CalFire page shows 414K so about 10-12K acre increase from yesterday morning .
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