CA-FKU-House

State ID:CA
3 letter designator:FKU
Fire name: House
Location: tollhouse and pitman hill road
Reported acres:5
Rate of spread:
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Structure threat:
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Webcam link: Round Mtn Fresno ALERT Wildfire, Owens Mtn ALERT Wildfire
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AA430, T76, T100 enroute

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AA Stated 100 acres with a potential for 500.

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Wind is gusting up to 20 in the area.

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Hurley RAWS summary: (about 10miles North)
11 am last reporting time stamp
wind avg=7.0
wind dir=273
Max wind=16.0
air temp=62.0
fuel temp=76.0
10 hour fuel moisture=8.1
RH=24

AA430 requested additional tankers for total of 7 fixed wing and 2 copters.
Threat on ridge top is cell tower site.

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Next to the old cdf black mountain lookout.

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Tankers 02, 76, 79, 80, 83, 88, and 100 assigned. It appears that Fresno is not open for reload and the tankers are going to Porterville.

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Meadow lakes has a good cam angle. Looks like it’s trying to get established.

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Its burning up toward the top of black mountain, its downhill as it goes east all the way down to lodge road.

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120 acres 10% contained.

Fresno County is running some smoke checks in the valley from the smoke of this fire.

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AA430 reports drop line complete up the right flank and turning drops across the head, ridge top.

Operations on radio:
FKU local 1 151.385 as command and air tactics is 151.31 Airtac6

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FKU photo

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IC requesting 1 Charlie Strike team Immediate need.

9420C that was coming into the unit for coverage is being diverted to the incident.

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ST9420C just boosted to Code 3 for a house fire in Tollhouse

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Interesting name for a wildfire isn’t it.

Staging is at Sierra Elementary

S.O. units are reporting that the fire has jumped a dozer line and are repositioning in case the fire comes down the hill.

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losing 4 tankers to new incidents, T76, 100, plus 2 more. AA is asking for replacements.

HT95B is enroute to this incident as well.

89, 02 are the other two tankers being diverted, AA is only asking for 2 replacements and not 4.

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150 acres, 10% contained. Sounds like one flank is looking good.

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