Dog House Junction in the Otay’s
Lyons 2 ALERT Wildfire
Otay 2 ALERT Wildfire
AA500, T70, T71, T72, T73, C10, C11, HT-729, H538
CMD: MVU 2
Good column building. I believe this will be Border 19.
Multiple engines dispatched to Station 36 for staging. Imagine this fire in August
With all the “international travelers” flooding in I don’t see these fires stopping for a long time!
Agreed. A daily occurrence the last week.
Crossed the Otay fuel break which is about 6 dozer blades wide
It’s only June but it’s dry in the otays already
AA ordering 2 additional Tankers. Cal Fire B-3 has the IC and is advising 20 acres, MROS.
Over/under Chief for the final “Border Fire” number for 2022. We are already at 19 and its only mid/late June. I’m putting the number at 86
25 acres with potential of several hundred
100 Border Fires for 2022
Sounds reasonable. Lots of burning season left and with the Border the way it is nothing would surprise me.
It’s not close to the fuel break yet and it’s not even close to 6 blades wide any more. Looks to be in Mine Canyon. The fuel break follows Otay TT, then shoots out Ridge Road and then turns north and ends just West of tank 3-5.
FC63, I’m simply stating what I heard one of the engines report. Thanks for the local insight!
34 years of dealing with Otay was enough lol!! If it’s mid Mine Canyon may have to fly troops in, another steep and nasty area !!
Hearing the AA speak with the copters and trying to nail down a helispot. Has one on the ridge but will not have them inserted until retardant is around it. Not sure of the correct location.
I still have the map of the old helispots we put in back in 1996. Still can find some.
Neat example of smoke column rotation/vorticity courtesy of the LyonsPeak2 cam
edit: higher resolution version posted here: https://imgur.com/a/MmYZ1cD
H538 is reporting a new fire in Sycamore canyon