Smoke showing off the Bullion1 cam:
https://www.alertwildfire.org/region/sierra/?camera=Axis-Bullion
Hearing MMU and SNF responding, aircraft in the air enroute, AA requesting training AT112
There is an Oak Road in Midpines due east of Mariposa.
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Less than 10 minutes into this incident. Mt Bullion
Total of 6 tankers including VLAT
IC order
6 Charlies
4 Limas
8 Golfs
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IA THREAD STARTED
IC Requests 4 dozer strike teams, 3 engine strike teams, 3 hand crew strike teams
AA States high probability for extended attack.
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Potential for 500 to 1000
Will go extended
Evacuations in progress
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Carstens Rd and Hwy 140
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Multi spots out in front of this on Bullion cam
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Isn’t this the same area of the 2019 Briceburg Fire? I remember spending about 6 days on suppression repair on Carstens Rd.
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2013 Carstens Fire
1788 acres
Was evacuated for that one
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The MMU Timber Lodge Fire burned in this same general area, August 2, 1962. MMU and SNF jointly responded. The SNF Jerseydale engine was burned over near the intersection of Carstens Road and Ponderosa Way.
SNF Foreman Thomas Foley, FF Mario Giorgi, FF John Rasch and FF Raymond St. Pierre were killed while Roy Chapin and Kent Stoel were seriously burned.
I believe FF Girogi or St. Pierre was a Soil Conservation Service Technician who stopped to assist. Kent Stoel went on to be the Principal or VP of the Mariposa High School.
Attached is a plaque placed by the Midpines Boosters.
History repeats itself… Please be careful.
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Has jumped Carter Rd. Gonna go all the way around Buckingham Mtn and into the Plumbar Creek drainage. Prioritizing structure defense right now
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Clark’s Valley needs support now… Per scanner
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I was assigned to the Ferguson Fire in 2018 and this area looks very familiar. Was the Ferguson not in the same area?
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West side
Buckingham Mtn/Ridge was used as a containment line
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The 2013 Carstens Fire was in the vicinity on Buckingham Mountain, the 2018 Ferguson Fire was about ± 3 miles to the east of the Oaks current location, but varies.
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Not for tactical decision making, for discussion only. This is a fire history map with the area of the Oak Fire Circled.
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One hour until it impacts Darrah Rd and Jerseydale rds
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The Ferguson burned all the way up Jerseydale Rd. We staged at Triangle and Darrah for the recovery of HFEO Braden Varney when his dozer rolled off the hill he was cutting. There were a ton of engines staged in the huge field to the east of Jerseydale Fire Station
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Needs to be moved to the E/SE and enlarged. One hour until it impacts the Darrah Road and Jerseydale road system.
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This thing not slowing down until shadows hit or night fall. And the way it’s burning it might keep going then. This is the first fire in the Motherlode that looks like it wants to burn.
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We used Buckingham Ridge as a control line from where it co.es up from the river through what we called the “JUNK YARD” all the way to the SE over Buckingham. But in 6-10 blades with Dozers except for the NW end the shots tied off and the SE end about 10 chains through some of the heaviest oaks that T2 Dozers couldn’t push thru. A golf finished the line. It was never needed as it was held to the Triangle Rd. But the flowing year, we reopened everything that was put in on the Ferguson to the west off Feleciana Mt and tied that in to Buckingham Ridge.
2018 was Ferguson
2019 was Briceburg if memory serves me.
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