Thread by @jerichoisland

Thanks for humoring me this morning on the personal thread. For a general summary of the status of all fronts of the fire see today's early morning overview thread.

Your morning #caldorfire alerts and updates thread begins here:

UPDATE: The #caldorfire has burned over 204,000 acres and is 20% contained. Red Flag Warning continues into the afternoon.

Heavenly continues use of snow guns to spray water across the resort as much as possible. Looking SW the front (red) is approaching the valley. Crews are cutting fuel breaks (green) in an effort to guide the fire SE around Heavenly. Lines are rough approximations.

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Despite being warned, some members of the media continue to enter off limit areas, including private property, putting themselves and ground crews in danger. CalFire has been forced to put put this notice to media covering the #caldorfire:

Scout helos are in the air. Expect air ops to begin shortly. #caldorfire

UPDATE: SE, The fire moving past Kirkwood Lake to the north of Caples Lake has reached retardant lines. Helo scout mentions more retardant will need to be laid here because despite the painted vegetation the fire is still progressing, slowly, to the NE.

UPDATE: At least 3 helos have been ordered straight to Silver Lake for air drops near Kirkwood. Will monitor for specific location. #caldorfire

UPDATE: NE, air ops reinforcing the fuel break on the SW side of Heavenly will not be a possibility this morning due to visibility. The defense here will be solely on the shoulders of ground crews

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ALERT: SE, Fire is already nearing dozer lines north of Caples Lake near 88. Purple circle is a rough estimation of fire growth just since this ops map was published. #caldorfire

UPDATE: SE, Air drops have begun around Kirkwood, specifically on the N side of Thunder Mountain and areas north of the resort entrance. Chinook and Helo Tanker also incoming. #caldorfire

ALERT: E, for the first time helos will be working out of Dardanelles Lake, SW of lower 89. Unclear which front they will be attacking here but will uodate.

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UPDATE: Visibility in the N is not allowing for air ops in the Wrights Lake area at this time. The spot fires there continue growing to the north towards the lake.

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ALERT: N, Strike teams have been ordered to report to Wrights Lake Road for urgent structure protection.

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UPDATE: E, Additional resources headed to Echo Lake area for structure protection. It sounds like they are to report and prepare to be dispatched to surrounding areas to the NE. #caldorfire

UPDATES: Helo tankers are dropping water in Christmas Valley along the West side of 89. Specifically it looks like the canyon walls just west of S Upper Truckee. They are dipping out of Dardanelles lake to the south. #caldor

Lighter Note: Ops checked in with a helo pilot to see if any progress was being made in his drop zone. Pilot replied, "Nah, no progress, but I sure do look good up here don't I?!"

He's making a lot of progress. Everyone had a good chuckle.

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UPDATE: E, damage assessment teams are releasing reports already on the Sierra at Tahoe resort and surrounding areas. As suspected the Alpine Ave area was heavily damaged. More can be found at bit.ly/3DB31in

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It's been a fairly quiet morning but a heartbreaking one w/more damage reports released. As winds increase this afternoon I'll be launch another thread. And thank you so much for your incredible support today.

This concludes your morning alerts and updates thread.

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