CA-TUU-Lightning Fires (Was Gordon)

State ID: CA
3 letter designator: TUU
Fire name: Gordon
Location: Yokhol Valley drive and Van Gordon Fire control road
Reported acres: 20-30 acres
Rate of spread: Moderate
Report on Conditions: Signifcant wind, Mulitple lightning downstrikes in the area
Structure threat: N/A
Resources: TUU bumped this up to a High dispatch and added a helicopter, closest and an additional tanker.
Hazards: Lightning in the area.
Weather:
Radio channels: TUU Local 1
Scanner link: https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/25881/web
Webcam link:
Agency Website:

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AA410 is reporting another fire
5-10 acres
Potential for a couple hundred acres.
36 10.71, -118 58.70

AA 410 is asking for the training Air attack out of Paso.

Gordon Air Attack is pulling aircraft out of the Gordon incident due to heavy precip and threat of hail.
Moving the aircraft to the second incident which now is the “Citrus Incident”
AA 410 is running the Gordon and Citrus.

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AA reporting a lightning strike and new start a mile west of the Citrus Incident.

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4104 is moving the bulk of the response from Gordon to the Citrus fire due to structure threat and fire growth.

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Citrus Fire is being run on CDF CMD 1 and CDF Tac 4
2-300 acres, wind has slowed the rate of spread.

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TLC BC 2 has assumed command of the Citrus.
Has been switched to CDF Tac 8.

A third response was dispatched, and was confirmed to be reports of the Citrus incident.
TLC units on the 3rd response were canceled.

Gordon fire is 30 acres, forward rate of spread stopped by precip only, no fire suppression yet.

FKU had sent engines to both incidents on the initial, now added a 5th engine and a strike team leader to form up at the incident.

AA 95LF returning to Paso Robles, All aircraft released from the Citrus, back on base Porterville.
Helitanker 25M is still assigned to the Gordon.

25M released to Porterville, AA 410 took a lap North of the fire area looking for any other new starts from the storm.

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Sounds like they are getting a good handle on the Citrus, and releasing county units from the incident.

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Citrus fire is 100% contained at 257 acres.