They were able to get some good firing started on the east side with a lot of fixed wing retardant to backup the dozer lines. Copters this morning are on heavy patrol and cleanup since it sounds like they had a lot of firebrands across the line into the green. The small fire yesterday down off the St. John Mtn Road has picked up and heading up the road along the dozer line. There’s also some significant heat on both IR and MODIS well east of the road. Not sure if a spot or an intentional burn. Well within additional control lines, just not sure how to interpret their plan on either keeping it west of the St John Road, or controlled strips of fire into the final control lines east off Auk Auk towards Stonyford. The firing at the top of St. John has just about tied into the main fire to the north.
On the north end, have a completed fired line from shores of Lake Pillsbury on up through F and G to DP69, what will likely be the final NW corner of this fire. Also completed fire from that DP69 corner east along H and I just into the SRA of the Tehama Glenn Unit at DP80 (not on that map). A separate burn op was started in Div J north south along Brushy Ridge and the 19N29 road toward the existing firing near DP80 in what should hopefully become the final NE corner of the fire.
Maps are combination of Tuesday’s Ops map so ignore the feint red perimeter line, MNF Forest map, last night’s IR mission which flew early around 2030 over the fire, and the latest MODIS/VIIRS hits of the last 24 hours.
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