LA County working a new fire off the 138. Good view on Gorman 2
Back and forth between Gorman 1 and 2. Pretty good working fire already.
4 acres, running, spotting, in brush. Burning toward lake.
15 acres. Striking a 2nd alarm
Air attack 52, Helitanker 3AC and H-532 enroute from Fox. Tankers 76 and 78 coming out of Porterville.
Looks more like it is paralleling the lake on the south side of the lake and 138.
I stand corrected, TV shows its definitely burning to the lake.
Well, not exactly a “fire nado” as suggested by Live 7, but certainly column rotation
Quite a wind shift, and the fire is now in the next drainage further upslope.
That little wind shift sure moved the right flank through the retardent fast!
And the smoke banks down again…is it going to come roaring out again, or is that dozer going to catch it?
I am betting on the D8
Tanker 162 (LAT) off Fresno enroute.
150 acres. All SRA per IC
Kern Co E 56, 356 and KB 5 are now on scene also.
LA County IC says forward motion is now stopped. Mop up is now beginning.
Lookin like the old backdraft exhibit from universal studios.