State ID: CA
3 letter designator: CZU
Fire name: Bonny Complex
Location: Multiple locations
Reported acres: 30
Rate of spread: Slow to Moderate
Report on Conditions: Several fires burning 1 acre to 15 acres
Structure threat: Yes
Resources:
Hazards: Powerlines, High winds, terrain
Weather: 52 degrees, 24% rh, winds 9mph North with gusts to 44 mph
Radio channels:
Scanner link:
Webcam link: http://www.alertwildfire.org/southeastbay/index.html?camera=Axis-MtMadonna&v=7a7f1bd
Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s office has a airplane up calling in smokes around the Boulder Creek area.
They have called in at least 6 smokes all within or on the direct edge of the CZU footprint. The biggest is approximately 5 acres in the area of Little Basin.
UPDATE: #ChinaGradeFire is burning on China Grade Rd and Foxglove Lane, 4 miles northwest of Boulder Creek. It is
20 acres, burning in timber, and is 100% contained. No evacuations. (Santa Cruz County)
The #FreedomFire on Freedom Road north of Watsonville is 40 acres, burning in timber, and is 20% contained. An estimated 100 homes were evacuated by the
Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office . (Santa Cruz County)
The #NorthButanoFire is 10 acres, 0% contained. The engines are still trying to make access. This fire is burning in the #CZULightningComplex burn area, and trees and debris fell across the access roads, so they are cutting their way in. (San Mateo County)
The #FanningFire has burned 18.81 acres of timber on Fanning Grade Road in Ben Lomond, and is 95% contained. (Santa Cruz County)
The #EmpireFire on Alba Road at Empire Grade in Boulder Creek is
6 acres, and is burning in timber, and is 0% contained. There is no structure threat and no evacuations.
FIRE BEHAVIOR: The fires have shown a low to moderate spread, with slow and creeping fire behavior. When the wind kicks up, the fires kick up. Currently, the wind has died down slightly across our unit. Fire crews are working as quickly as they can to suppress these fires now, as the winds are expected to pick up this evening.
#FreedomFire at Freedom Boulevard and Hames Road, 5 miles east of Aptos is 37 acres, 20% contained (Santa Cruz County)
#BloomFire at Little Basin Road and Upper Bloom Grade Road, 4 miles northwest of Boulder Creek is 5 acres 0% contained
The #PantherRidgeFire at Stapp Road and Highway 9, 5 miles north of Boulder Creek is now 98% contained at 27.65 acres.
The #EmpireFire at Alba Road at Empire Grade in Bonny Doon is 100% contained. (Santa Cruz County)
#ChinaGradeFire off of China Grade Road and Foxglove Lane, Northwest of Boulder Creek in Santa Cruz County
100% contained 20 acres (not controlled, they are mopping-up)
#FanningFire off of Fanning Grade and Harmony Hill Roads, East of Ben Lomond in Santa Cruz County is 18.81 95% contained
#NorthButanoFire off of Old Womans Creek Road , South of Loma Mar in San Mateo County is 10 acres 95% contained (it is within #CZULightningComplex burn area) Firefighters have made access after having to cut their way in for most of the day