State ID: CA
3 letter designator: KRN
Fire name: Thunder
Location: 34.936618, -118.889446
Edmonston Pump Plant Rd East of Interstate 5, South of Bakersfield
Reported acres: 188
Rate of spread:
Report on Conditions:
Structure threat:
Resources: Kern County Fire Department & CAL FIRE Tulare Unit
Hazards:
Weather:
Radio channels: Assigned air freqs
169.2875 Air Tactics
159.345 / 192.8 A/G (Tac 18)
126.875 Rotor Vic
Scanner link: Kern County Fire Departments Live Audio Feed
Webcam link: ALERT Wildfire
Agency Website: https://kerncountyfire.org/
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5 air tankers and a helicopter working and it’s moved on to the valley floor.
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The fire is likely going to run into the Shell Fire scar from last year.
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Bet they Wished Cummings Valley camp was still there. Would of been all over it.
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I5 impact appears imminent
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Putting some tankers on load and hold.
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Listening on scanner. Just inserted Heltiac into a unmanned piece of line. Waiting on further
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Part of the Edmonston and Plant Incidents are showing. Branch I & II are part of the Thunder Incident.
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Friday morning update from Calfire: 2300 acres, 20% containment, 250 fire personnel on scene
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Assigned air freqs
169.2875 Air Tactics
159.345 / 192.8 A/G (Tac 18)
126.875 Rotor Vic
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Tankers 16, 74, 75, 76, 78 105 have been working the fire since around 9am this morning.(some earlier)
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Friday morning the #ThunderFire near the Grapevine off Interstate 5 in SoCal was 2,466 acres and had 311 personnel assigned. Update on fires:
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The fire has slopped over the line near the heel
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