State ID: CA
3 letter designator: FKU
Fire name: Hill
Location: Ruth Hills/Cardinal Lane,
Reported acres:
Rate of spread: Moderate.
Report on Conditions:
Structure threat: Fire started in a backyard.
Resources: BC 4319 Engine 4353, 4368, 4362, 4161, 4171, 4182, 84, 86 SQF E31, 32, PT 32,
Water tender 65, 66
Dozer 4141, 4245
Miramonte 2, 5
Air Attack 410-OOS not responding, Tanker 78 coming from Porterville,
Tanker 76, 105, AA15 are currently on the FKU Owen.
Hazards:
Weather:
Radio channels: FKU Local 2
Scanner link: CalFire Tulare Unit (TUU) Live Audio Feed
Webcam link: ALERTWildfire | Sierra-Foothills
Agency Website:
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20 acres, moving up Ruth Hill.
Mitigating the structure threat.
Both Tankers off of the Owens are diverted to this incident.
ST 9430C was committed to the incident, They were already formed up when the incident happened.
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IC stating they are making progress and starting to box it in with retardant.
AA is still not on scene, coming from Paso, due to 410’s mechanical issue.
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TUU is sending 2 additional engines to the Ruth fire to form up 9410C.
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AA is releasing T74, 76, 78 back to their respective bases.
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Ruth IC cancelling some units not yet at scene, including both the dozers on the initial.
Helicopter 552 from KNP was cancelled as well.
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