Evacuating Antlers campground in Lakehead
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AA asking to shut down part of the lake for aircraft use.
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You can see the Salt Fire (shortly below the Tennant Fire & Lava Fire) exploding to life with the Dotto Fire (far right) beginning to do the same.
The heat dome over much of the Pacific Northwest the last week appears to have done precisely what we all feared – and exacerbated the fuel moistures of Northern California further to such an extent that we are now having critically rapid wildfires develop with rapid succession. We were not this critical by this time last year in the fire season and we all remember how bad that season was.
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Right flank has marched right up the ridge line to the top of Sacramento Mountain. Left flank has slowed westerly growth down a hair, with the wind direction keeping it from spreading much to the west. Two decent spots down in the Indian Creek, sheltered from the wind and the column gets drafted into the uplift of the main fire.
AA working on identifying the road system up on top from the 2018 Hirz fire, around 35N04.
And as I send this, wind is shifting NW a bit on the left flank back into the subdivision.
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Most of the time the reference to Charlie’s are Strike Teams
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IC is requesting additional strike teams, immediate need, for structure protection on the Salt Fire.
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Made it through N/B I5 about an hour ago. Yes, left flank is moving. It is parallel to the lake, and will be running into the dirt shoreline. Winds in the canyon are favorable to the right / south flank. it definitely has a lot of energy. The early big AA looked like it blunted progress south along I5. They’re gonna need good luck on this one. Feels a lot like Delta.
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IC is worried about spotting across the lake, or where the lake used to be. He is figuring out resource orders. They lost another Tanker to the PNF.
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If the winds cooperate, the shoreline is huge right now, so that might help. But, its just an arm, it’ll eventually go around.
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IC stating appox. 1000 acres Making its way into the Gregory drainage
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IC is calling it 1,000 plus acres and did upgrade to a rapid rate of spread.
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8 additional dozers, 10 crews type 2 IA or better, 5 water tenders, 3 charlies ordered just now.
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8 dozers 5 water tenders
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The fire is now spotting 1 mile ahead. IC will take any closest resource for structure protection. Not many type 3’s available in the area.
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Another seasoned USFS FF (Div. quals) I know said the same thing. Like the Delta.
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2050hrs: 2,500 acres still progressing to the north, resources doing structure defense in the Gregory Creek area, slow progress on line construction on the southern side of the fire.
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