3 is open. Where are you seeing that CAL FIRE shows it open?
Calfire has it partially inside their closed area, between Trinity Dam Road and Rush Creek Road. Caltrans is showing it open. That’s where the confusion came in. Thanks for the info.
CARLA system 25 is there, and that’s a hub for NorCal, so their link north is cut off.
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Does anyone know if the Washington Mine that is west of French Gulch has burned? If not are they going to let the fire burn into that area till it meets where it has already burned?
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My son worked the north end of the fire today. They worked all day on the line, then the winds came up sending spot fires over the line in many areas that they could not catch. So now they are on a 24 and will be back burning the adjacent ridge in hopes of stopping it. Update: winds got squirly, burn cancelled.
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It is in French Gulch now. They we prepping a dozer Line in Divisions “F” and “D” trying to get ahead of the possible wind event. The box is just east of Lewiston. The crews and dozers are putting in serious work!
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How about that, I did not think it had been in French Gulch since the first or second day. The active section of this fire just keeps changing day by day.
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Update 8/2/2018 9:40 p.m. from Lewiston Fire Chief
From Chief Mel Deardorff:
Today started out with large smoke columns on the hills way across from the Plug 'n Jug. This was due to allowing the fire to burn up to a dozer line that was put in the night before. It did look really bad from the valley floor. The dozer line was strengthened during the day by retardant being dropped on the line to make it even less flammable.
By early afternoon, the two sky crane helicopters continued to drop more retardant until 4 pm, when they had to leave due to FAA rules. Just before sunset tonight larger aircraft were brought in to pour more retardant on the dozer line to keep the fire down during the night. Also during tonight, we will be watched over by crews who are working really hard on the lines and law enforcement who are here preventing any looting or more shenanigans.
Choppers will be back in the air by 10 in the morning. Looking forward to the end of this.
We are hearing rumors about more evacuations in Lewiston - not true. And fires burning homes on Skinner Hill - not true. Please, if you have NOT confirmed your information, DO NOT post it. Unconfirmed reports cause undue panic and concern. Do not be part of the problem. Be part of the solution.
Thanks and good night. Chief Deardorff
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Thank Chief, Great to see your still out there and involved. My Diablo was always safer when you were here. Miss ya!
If you are comfortable in Google Earth, the IMT is uploading daily firelines and fire points as Google Earth overlays on this incident. There is an impressive, but not surprising, amount of dozer line on this fire!
https://ftp.nifc.gov/public/incident_specific_data/calif_n/!CALFIRE/2018_Incidents/CA-SHU-007808_Carr/GIS/IncidentData/20180802/
(Google Earth files end with .kmz or .kml)
If you don’t have Google Earth installed, you can download it for free at earth.google.com - truly the best free mapping platform out there, IMHO!
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I saw the notes about F, H and M and O pulling back. Any other updates?
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Yes, update please. Son worked Div H.
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Lots of smoke visible tonight from basecamp.
Sounds like it’s heating up on Fox trot, and from the looks of the column I would say that’s an understatment. This was taking from base camp in Anderson at around 2000hrs. image|666x500
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Is that looking from Trinity Lake?
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