Likely lightning start noted south of Seiad Valley this afternoon (south of Hwy 96). Even at 10 pm showing a nice glow on satellite. (circled in blue) with Dillon fire noted to the SW
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This fire is now 20 acres and you can see the glow from the fire on the cams near fort jones. They also reported another active fire that is in close proximity to this fire which is called the Bravo Fire which is a 1/2 acre.
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Fire is now 134 acres per NIFC
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They just did a flyover and it is now 398.4 acres
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Per GOES W another noticeable uptick in smoke production again this evening.
#wildlanders #gnarlyplacetofightfires #besafeyall
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This evening winds picked up again on the Blue Fire and fire activity has significantly picked up, pushing it west past Blue Mountain. Fire is now backing down toward Grider Creek, spotting ahead of itself. Fire is also actively backing towards Walker to the east with spotting as well. Update from Klamath NF
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Fire is now 1,050 acres
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Reports of Alpha strike teams being mobilized from Region 1 South Ops to the Blue Fire 
Not a good sign when there’s a heck of a lot of type 1 engines between the Klamath and Los Angeles
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Been up that way a few times on overhead assignments. Doesn’t really seem like alpha territory. But hey . . .Send It!
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They just sent out an evacuation order for Seiad Valley, stronger winds than anticipated from the southeast are likey pushing the fire through the walker creek drainage area.
Edit: The Blue Fire continued to grow today & is crossing some of the initial attack lines, but the big fear at this point is that the winds are going push it towards the north towards Walker & Seiad Valley, so there are serious concerns. There will be 5 strike teams of engines prepping houses & continuing to prepare for a blow-up if it occurs per Klamath NF
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We’ll have a Zoom interview tomorrow night on The Lookout with Jamie Allen, a wildlife biologist who lives in Seiad Valley and has spent his whole life crawling around the area that’s on fire. 7pm on The Lookout. youtube.com/c/thelookout1
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Seems like there still some work to be done out on the line however, update 9-23 has it as 3,713 acres and 82% containment.
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