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3 Sep, 8 tweets, 3 min read

#CaldorFire (El Dorado Co/ENF) - From the community meeting: incident has been split into a west & east zone. Have direct dozer & hand line all along that area of fire that went across Hwy 88 up to Two Sentinels west of Kirkwood, working to put hose in there.

#CaldorFire - They have some active fire on the west side of Hwy 88 near Silver Lake that is blowing smoke N/E, aircraft working that. Some fire still active in challenging rocky areas to the S/W of there. 1/4 acre spot fire in Div P that got handled.

#CaldorFire - Looking @ repopulation soon in Division A, they're in the process of removing their equipment & hose. Division D still looks extremely good w/ no smokes visible along the line from a recon flight. That piece could be called contained in the next day or so.

#CaldorFire - The area along US-50 is looking good including that problematic area around Ice House Rd. Fire hasn't made it to Wrights Lake, ton of structure prep done in there, cabins are looking fine. It is burning into the Desolation Wilderness.

#CaldorFire - East zone now: bit of activity around Lower Echo Lake this morning, but it has moderated. Prepping structures around Lower Echo Lake, making good progress in there though. Will engage fire in Desolation Wilderness once structure threat is mitigated.

#CaldorFire - Things are looking really good in Christmas Valley, was reported spots in there but crews couldn't locate any. Crews are being aggressive in there. There is some increased activity on the N/E side, fire is moving up towards that fuel break under the power grid.

#CaldorFire - There are also crews & dozer line going direct as possible in that area. Crews have got around all the spots @ the head of the N/E side (did hear a 1/2 acre spot west of CA/NV line via scanner about 10 mins before this conference though).

#CaldorFire - There are also dozers working in both directions on the southern side of that piece of fire east of Meyers. Fire did get active east of Hwy 89 near Luther Spires, they're going direct in there trying to drive it back into the main fire to the north.

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#CaldorFire - They finally tied in that problematic area S/O US-50 near the Div F & G break. Still some internal pockets of fuel in there but don't expect any movement. Maintaining a strong presence east of there along US-50 to make sure nothing flares up around cabins.

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#CaldorFire - SLT: The green is a 75-100ft wide fuel break under powerlines that runs nearly to the NV border, it looks like they've put some dozer line behind it too where it starts on the western side. Have completed dozer line along west side of N Upper Truckee Rd & LT Blvd.

#CaldorFire - Wrights Lake: Seems to be a fuel break on the maps now along the road that leads to the lake proper. I heard radio traffic earlier saying they'd take dozer line around cabins @ the lake & into the granite in Section 28 (N/E of lake). Yellow = proposed dozer line.

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