CA-PNF-Twain?

Lat& lon 40.023447, -121.063592

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AA with 2 air tractors working and a Chinook coming.

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Picking up a bit

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Not far from me. Keeping an eye on this one.

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Looks like it’s well within the Dixie burn scar. I’d be curious what the fuels are like now.

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Both the Twain and Elephant fires visible from Babbitt Peak Lookout.

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Pretty impressive activity for barely 5 year old brush.

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Some areas have a lot of standing dead timber, too, as well as dry downed sticks.

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Thanks for that info…Snags are dangerous and if it’s loaded with dead and down it just takes longer for suppression and perimeter control.

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Between a big natural geological barrier and moonscaped salvage logging on the private ground at the top of the hill, this fire doesn’t seem like it’s got a whole lot of opportunity to grow large.


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I’m relaxing a little now as the wind has died down. Still getting some gusts, but not like what was happening a couple of hours ago.

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