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Location: Chicago park grass valley
Reported acres: 55 to grow to 100
Rate of spread: fast
Report on Conditions: dry, heavy brush
Structure threat: mobile home park
Resources: 100 + manpower. 4 dozers 4 tankers, 3 helicopters
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Weather: wind 5 miles out of south
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Webcam link:Banner Mtn 1
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Please provide more information
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Evacuations in place, fire is rapid rate of spread, calling for 2 more dozers and 4 more tenders. Fire is making a good push south with light winds. Helicopters making drops,at heel of Fire.
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You can see it from the Banner Mtn 1 camera.
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Fire is reporting multiple spot fires, full wildland dispatch on order. The fire is on East Bennett Road, burning at a rapid rate of spread. Calling for 4 type 1 air tankers and 1. Lead.
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Evacuations whispering pines, Idaho Maryland, Dorsey at 49, Sutton way, Sierra Nevada hospital and Dorsey nursing homes can shelter in place. Also Brunswick way evacuations.
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Winds pushing fire North. Air craft stacked up at GV getting loaded with retardant. 55 acres can possibly make to 100. Large tankers on order.
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First image below is Penn Valley camera. Smokey and hard to see much, I know. Second image is Barr Ranch camera.
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Go to banner mt 1.
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GOES live from CalTopo at 1643. Green streaks indicate winds of 10 mph. Yellow indicates structures.
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Tanker 15 on load and hold
Update: Tanker 93 on load and hold at GVAAB
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Fire boxed in with retardant. One tanker circling, 4 helicopters dropping water. All other tankers to be released. Expect release last tanker shortly.
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Sounds like solid work, good job
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All air tankers released or on stand by at GV. Ground units are making good progress.
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Canceling 3 water tenders. 80% containment. 4 helicopters still on fire. Might start releasing soon. Fixed wing aircraft released.
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Starting to release some units. All GV units being released. District will maintain units on fire thru evening. Canceling incoming helicopters.
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Good stop by all
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Firefighters are starting to mop up further in from the fire perimeter. They are checking for hot spots, smoldering stumps. There will be a night shift on the fire. Road closures due to the fire remain in effect. Canceling some resources that haven’t arrived at the incident. Helicopters making last drops.
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All Hwy 49 on and off ramps to reopen shortly.
IC and Operations are planning for the night shift. Still a lot of smoke and some active flame within the fire perimeter – and no report of structures destroyed.
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