State ID:CA
3 letter designator: FKU
Fire name:Wartham
Location: Wartham St. x Hwy 198 (e. of coalinga city)
Reported acres:50
Rate of spread: rapid
Report on Conditions: potential for 700 in flashy fuels
Structure threat: soon
Resources: FKU high dispatch, Kings County
Hazards:
Weather: 90’s
Radio channels: FKU Local 1 151.385
Scanner link:
Webcam link: Joaquin cam is stuck
Agency Website:
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PGE Raws station Whimsy Mine near Joaquin Ridge=
86 degrees
26% humidity
gusts 5, sustained 4
Approx. 15-20 miles north
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Kettleman hills RAWS south of the incident=
96 degrees
22% RH
12mph gusts, sustained 8mph winds
So somewhere between those two stations…
IC requests 2 more WT’s
SLU engines responding into unit.
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forward rate of spread stopped. 40-50 acres.
Tomorrows day shift
1 IC,
1 Charlie strike team
1 golf strike team
1 water tender
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KRN ST9320C 314, 318, 335, 357, 378