What fire is this??? Big Hill Camera
That is the Caples Rx burn
Caples RX…well started as an RX a few days ago. Hopefully it stays within linesS
That’s got some serious wind on it. Should be interesting to see if gets away from them. Seems to be running hard!
ENF just dispatched 5 engines to the caples rx burn… must be getting squirrely
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Big hill cam has a great shot of it.
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it has been cranking for awhile. what does AA have to say about its movement?
It’s supposed to be a 1000+ acre burn for this stage. It’ll put up smoke…
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Yeah- its been putting up smoke for a few days now… what it is doing now is more than putting up smoke. That is why they are ordering a bunch of resources…
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There is room for error but the latest VIIRS puts heat west of the Silver Fork of the American River. I believe this was going to be one of the natural barriers for holding. Very possible the heat hit is wrong due to resolution issues but thought Id share since that column has been leaning over the river all day.
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Are the resources being ordered part of the planned contingency resources in the plan (“Cerritos Grande resources”)? Or has Caples Rx been declared a “wildfire” (i.e., exceeded its planned boundaries; exceeded the resources on-hand; exceeded the funding allocated to complete the project) and those resources being ordered to suppress the “wildfire”?
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Declaring it a wildfire. Ordering fixed wing and ground resources.
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This is a bummer
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…there goes THAT project!!! 
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Another CalFire Charlie ST from the unit forming up
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I had a feeling that was going to happen since they had AA15 & 51 working.
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MAYBE NOT… PROJECT IS FOR 8k AND THEY ARE ONLY 1k INTO IT…MAY (HOPEFULLY) WILL WORK OUT…PROBLEM IS A LOT OF FIRES ARE GOING TO DRAW DOWN RESOURCES
Caples Fire - 30% contained at 2000 acres 1630 hours
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Is it confirmed escaped and now declared wildfire?
Yes, lassen hot shots enroute this afternoon. Pulling dispatchers tomorrow.