State ID: CA
3 letter designator: KRN
Fire name: Shell
Location: NB-5 @ Grapevine Road; Grapevine, CA
Reported acres: 200
Rate of spread: moderate
Report on Conditions: vehicle fire into the vegetation; running uphill in grass. ICP @ Edmonston Pumping Plant Road.
Structure threat:
Resources: AA440, T76, T78, T105, T131, 132, HC205, HC408, 8HT
Hazards: powerlines
Weather: excessive heat warning
Radio channels:
Scanner link: Kern County Fire Departments Live Audio Feed
Webcam link: Cummings Mountain 2
Cummings Mountain 1
Grapevine 1
El Rancho 1
Gorman 1
Lamont 1
Lebec Oaks 1
Agency Website:
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A golf strike team is arriving at scene.
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200 acres moderate rate of spread. BC3C is ops.
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3 strike teams of type 3’s, 2 strike teams of crews ordered by IC
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over 300 acres, moderate rate of spread.
Air attack advising IC its 380 acres.
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Yep plus boots on the ground to follow up.
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A post was merged into an existing topic: CA-KRN-Shell ???
540 acres at 1557hrs
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Slowed it down but looks like it chewed through a bit and flanked some but looks like guys are up there now cleaning it up.
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one of the strike teams is coming from TUU
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S/T 9430C en route from Fresno.
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2 additional tankers closest, any type.
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The feed is up.
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AA states 700 acres, potential for 1,500.
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Currently 800 acres
https://cwwp2.dot.ca.gov/vm/loc/d6/ker5attruckescaperampmedian.htm
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Well, so much for that retardant line…
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That line actually held, the fire flanked around it, but was knocked out by a helicopter drop, The patrol came up the road laying fire, and circled the cell site following the road.
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Live video:
click skyfox
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They also fired out the road coming off the 5 going to the cell site.