State ID:CA
3 letter designator:FKU
Fire name: House
Location: tollhouse and pitman hill road
Reported acres:5
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Webcam link: Round Mtn Fresno ALERT Wildfire, Owens Mtn ALERT Wildfire
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AA430, T76, T100 enroute
AA Stated 100 acres with a potential for 500.
Wind is gusting up to 20 in the area.
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.
Next to the old cdf black mountain lookout.
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.
Meadow lakes has a good cam angle. Looks like it’s trying to get established.
Its burning up toward the top of black mountain, its downhill as it goes east all the way down to lodge road.
120 acres 10% contained.
Fresno County is running some smoke checks in the valley from the smoke of this fire.
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
IC requesting 1 Charlie Strike team Immediate need.
9420C that was coming into the unit for coverage is being diverted to the incident.
ST9420C just boosted to Code 3 for a house fire in Tollhouse
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.
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.
150 acres, 10% contained. Sounds like one flank is looking good.