New fire in Squirrel Mtn Valley, CA (Kern Co) - KCFD BC7 reports 10 acres in grass & brush w/ 1 structure threatened. McCray Rd & Bobcat Dr. This should be inside or near the Erskine Fire scar.
It’s within the scar.
40 acres good spot for a fire
IC reporting fire is 100-120 acres. Total of 4 Tankers working the fire.
This is the CA-SQF Mesa in ROSS
Current aircraft:
1 AA, Lead 2-8Tankers 76, 78, 74, 83, 10, 12, Copter 523, Copter 408, orders for additional type1 tanker and VLAT
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Tanker 911 inbound.
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Press Release:
ACRES: 230 acres CONTAINMENT: 20% @ 6:30pm
CAUSE: Under Investigation INJURIES: None
RESPONDING AGENCIES: Kern County Fire Department, Bureau of Land Management, Sequoia National Forest, Cal Fire, Kern County Sheriffs Office, California Highway Patrol.
TOTAL PERSONNEL: 100
INCIDENT NARRATIVE: Squirrel Mountain Valley, CA - At 2:42 pm firefighters from multiple agencies were dispatched to reports of a vegetation fire in the Kern River Valley. Firefighters arrived to find a fire immediately threatening one home with a potential threat to additional homes. Firefighters initial efforts were to protect the threatened homes and slow the spreading fire. As additional firefighters and air support arrived the coordinated efforts greatly reduced the threat to nearby homes and was successful in limiting the fire’s forward progress. Firefighters will continue to work through the night to completely stop the forward progress of the fire while working to reach full containment. There were no injuries reported to citizens or firefighters during today’s operations.
Although no evacuation notices were made today, it is a great reminder of the need for residents in Kern County to register atReadyKern.com for emergency notifications.
There are no other planed information releases for the Mesa Fire until 8/1/2019 @ 9:00 am.
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Fire is wrapped with retardant, crews did good work and have handline almost around the whole thing.
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