OR-FWF-Bootleg(contained)

Swocaptain · July 8, 2021, 11:08pm

Additional state task force from Clatsop County en route.

DonMax · July 9, 2021, 1:49am

and two from Cali

Eng24 · July 9, 2021, 2:05am

OES type 3 ST from Alameda County.

Swocaptain · July 9, 2021, 2:34am

Update: Evacuation Immediate

Areas Affected: Klamath, OR

Klamath County, north of the town of Beatty. Sycan Estates Area is under level 3 (GO NOW) evacuation notice and need to leave immediately. Red Cross evacuation point is Betty Community Center.

Klamath Co. North of Beatty. Sycan Estates is under Level 3 (GO NOW) evac notice.

Fyrmikey · July 9, 2021, 4:53am

OES Type 6 strike team from San Mateo County, Ca was sent today. 4 from SMCO and a 5th from Marin County.

Swocaptain · July 9, 2021, 2:31pm

Friday July 9 Bootleg Fire near Chiloquin, OR 38,892 acres per 11:07pm infrared (IR) flight.
Link to open map: GISsurfer General Purpose Web Map and GIS Viewer | Surf GIS DATA

Swocaptain · July 9, 2021, 4:34pm

Significant increase in level 2 and 3 evacuation areas. 3100 homes in the effected area.

Theengineer · July 10, 2021, 6:50am

The road that runs across the head is ivory pines rd in bly oregon

pyrogeography · July 10, 2021, 3:51pm

Heard online the fire is threatening the WAPA transmission lines that connect California to hydropower on the Columbia River. Yesterday’s midday VIIRS and last night’s IR shows the fire well into the power line area.

Swocaptain · July 10, 2021, 3:07pm

Additional task force from Clackamas County deployed yesterday

Timber · July 10, 2021, 5:23pm

76897 acres, 0% containment.

Fyrmikey · July 10, 2021, 5:48pm

I believe that’s why the 2 OES strike teams were sent up there from Ca.

Swocaptain · July 10, 2021, 8:48pm

Update evacuation map.

FireCapt · July 10, 2021, 11:52pm

anvilhead · July 11, 2021, 12:29am

Reports are coming in that we lost three of the OR-CA lines.

Birken_Vogt · July 11, 2021, 12:45am

The intertie has been burned through by this fire for quite some time now but maybe smoke production is a factor that led to it being shut down, or aircraft or ground safety, who knows.

Three 500 kV lines run co-located through the area of the burn; a fourth one goes over and up the I-5 corridor through Oregon. Shown as Malin-Summer Lake in this graphic. A fifth is the pacific HVDC line which runs from the Columbia River to Southern California by way of western Nevada.

Here is a map of the power grid along with a shot of the clear cut that shows how the lines pass through the burn area.

milehighbar · July 11, 2021, 1:48am

Type 1 Team ordered. Allen

pyrogeography · July 11, 2021, 2:01am

Curious how well the line clearance has held up to the crown fires we are seeing.

Birken_Vogt · July 11, 2021, 2:05am

I did see in another place that it was thick smoke that tripped the lines out, as expected.

It happened in Dutch Flat some years ago as well The loss of power took out the nearby AAB pumps.

I worked a fire in this area and under these lines years ago, and the power company was out there in among the burning stumps, crawling all over their equipment to inspect quickly and thoroughly, because they apparently wanted very badly to turn it back on.

mark_wheeler · July 11, 2021, 4:08am

CA-OES Strike Team 6848C (Type III) enroute per Facebook

Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District
Carlsbad Fire
Escondido Fire
Oceanside Fire
San Marcos Fire

https://www.facebook.com/275055138890/posts/10158839586033891/