This is essentially the Scherpa Fire, from 2016, all over again. I was there as a STEQ and IA’d it. This has/will have pretty much the same footprint. Most of the fire was held at the Camino, the head burned to the 101 (with a few spots in to El Capitan State Beach campgrounds), and was eventually flanked by crews and dozers, and reinforced by tanker drops. It is nasty, steep country. Besides terrain, the winds influence on the fire is the biggest watch-out. Rapid, downhill runs were frequent. Anyway, if you are interested, look up the Scherpa Fire for some insight. I believe a spelling mistake occurred and they ended up listing it as “Sherpa”.
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Bunch of cameras on it now. In addition to the three you linked, there’s also:
UCSB Campus.
http://www.alertwildfire.org/centralcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-UCSBCampus&v=fd40742
Refugio 1.
http://www.alertwildfire.org/centralcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-Refugio1&v=fd40742
Dangermond 1.
http://www.alertwildfire.org/centralcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-Dangermond1&v=fd40742
Figueroa 1.
http://www.alertwildfire.org/centralcoast/index.html?camera=Axis-Figueroa1&v=fd40742
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Good shot of fire behavior under the column this morning. This appears to be the east side of the fire just above Refugio Rd around Circle Bar B Ranch. The Sherpa Fire burn scar would be visible out the right windows of the ship as it flys up Refugio Canyon.
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Anyone have a rough idea of outstanding resource requests for this incident?
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My kid covering TUU since 0430 and their ST from TCU just got toned out to this fire.
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hope they still teach fire history to the young folks as part of training. Rufugio canyon has a bad history with sundowners.
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Don’t forget Romero!
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yep, took some of ours it did.
Copy That, ran Handcrew and cut line in that country. I text him about what u just stated earlier in the day.
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Did McGowen’s team ever take the fire?
News and nots says tomorrow the 13th at 1000 in briefing
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Fire is now 15,442 and 5% contained. Still moving in a easterly direction and 50mhp winds predicted. McGowen’s Federal Type 1 Incident Management Team will take over this evening.
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I was on two fires there. Both were tough assignments and unusual fire behavior. I had also been assigned to the Romero fire in 1964. Terrible situation there too.
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Romero Fire in 1971?
Yes, my mistake. The 1964 fire was the Coyote fire. Another scary adventure.
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The Coyote Fire sent me from the USFS to LAC. The wonderful time spent at Pendola and Hildreth Peak were game changers.
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10/14/2021 - 6:30am. We’ve posted updated maps for the #AlisalFire on The Lookout. Fire spread 2.5 miles west and 1.25 miles SE in 24 hours. Maps based on infrared overflight captured at 9:30pm, 10/13/2021. https://the-lookout.org/2021/10/14/alisal-fire-10-14-2021/ #AlisalInc
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Thanks for the update and FYI, a couple dates are missing a ‘1’…"Here are images of the Alisal Fire based on an infrared overflight on 10/3/2021 at 9:30pm.
The fire spread about 2.5 miles to the west since it was mapped 24 hours earlier, on 10/2/2021"
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