New start, with a good column already, at 166 @ Wineman Road. Just outside Santa Maria.
It has some potential if it can get around the vineyards.
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5-8 acres, mros, potential for 50+ acres, no structure threat.
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It’s moving now.
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25+ acres, power lines down, potential for 150-200 acres
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Looks like a good stop by units at scene
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Mapped at 76.19 acres by Intel.
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Either a new start, a sleeper spot fire, or re-kindle just began to take off a bit. Units are scrambling to get over to it. Camera has it too.
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A crew member stated seeing an arsonist actually light it. They are now pursuing him in to the brush.
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Prevention 3421 and several SLO SO units converging on the area.
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They did not catch the suspect. They just lit another one.
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Hopefully H-70 or SBC Air Support can get in there and get a good location on the suspect before things gnarlier.
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I was beginning to wonder why there have been 4 fires in this area in the past three weeks. When I drove by last weekend it didn’t look like they were accidental fires.
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Incorrect, they included previous days burn scar. Ended up around 54ac
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Sheriffs office, CalFire, and H-50 are still performing a combined search of the area…
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