From Plaskett at 12:30 pm PDT
AA and leadplane
Tankers 10, 12, 74, 75, 79, 80, 82 (trainiee)
Helicopter 527, 406 (406 just went to King City with a maintenance issue)
HT -95B, XFT
Resident watching in Mill Creek from South reports: “It’s blowing up right now. BIG Column”
She is starting to show some heat again, this is from 130 pm.
NWS Bay Area also issued this information:
The afternoon and evening hours are often known as the “witching hour” on many fires. In Big Sur the fires can roar all night above the marine layer where dry and warm conditions persist.
From AA: The fire hooked around the retardant line, going to go indirect to keep it boxed in.
Helicopter 530 has been added to the response.
#MillFire has burned approximately 50 acres on the Nacimiento-Fergusson Rd about 3-5 miles above Highway 1. @LosPadresNF has initiated a full response to include air resources. Nac-Ferg Rd is closed in both directions to allow fire equipment to safely navigate the road.
Holding at 120 acres
AA placed an order for 4 air tankers about 10-20 ago
AA ordering 1 VLAT
H528 reassigned from Range
AA reports fire is now 200-250 acres after a slop-over & the fire is now making a run to the east, potential for 1000 acres.
T911 enroute from McClellan