CA-SBC-Hollister??

https://www.alertwildfire.org/region/centralcoast/?camera=Axis-Hwy101Blueberry1
https://www.alertwildfire.org/region/centralcoast/?camera=Axis-Dangermond1

Smoke showing. Hollister incident. Started around 12:15 pm. No other details. Anyone closer with intel?

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AA and 4 Tankers working it. Intel aircraft are enroute and will provide size and potential soon. This incident is near Hollister Ranch and the name is Ranch Incident.

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Santa Barbara County Sheriff, Fire, Aircraft and Marine, Lompoc Police / Fire Live Audio Feed - Audio Here

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I am hearing 40-50 acres with active flanks. Potential for 500-1000 acres.

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Multi Display

https://www.alertwildfire.org/tile-display/viewer/?cams=Axis-Hwy101Blueberry1&cams=Axis-SantaYnezPeakWest2&cams=Axis-Dangermond1&cams=Axis-SantaYnezPeakWest1&cams=Axis-Hwy101Blueberry2

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Update: estimated at 75 acres per Air Attack

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75 acres in 4+ hours? It has slowed down from it’s moderate to rapid rate.

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Just confirming we are still in March?

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100 acres, 20% contained.

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Right?

Seeing all that green grass on the Cameras. Yet seeing the column and knowing that Daylight Savings Time hadn’t occurred yet is concerning to say the least.

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For sure. And won’t be able to use up the 400+ hours of vacation this summer to skirt around fire assignments…lol

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Forcy Bear will be raging AAV to AAV all year long

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That’s where at lot of folks are at now…working non stop between yellow days…and not even a staffing pattern yet…

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