#WashburnFire (Yosemite NP) - Last mapped a couple of hours ago @ ~1,120 acres w/ 25 acre spot fire. Visibility is an issue today but lesser activity showing, only copters up for now & it looks like they're working the S/W side near Mariposa Grove Rd. share.watchduty.org/incident/606
#WashburnFire (Yosemite NP) - Perimeter now viewable on #FireMappers now (thanks @KeithJGw), includes that ~25 acre spot to the N/E, totaling just under 1,200 acres. Looks like the majority of the smaller spots are all part of the main fire now. Link > arcg.is/arKj5
#WashburnFire (Yosemite NP) - Increasing fire activity & fire burning up slope to the east of Wawona Point on the ridge w/ the radio antennas, w/ likelihood of throwing additional spot fires out in front per radio traffic.
#WashburnFire (Yosemite NP) - Retardant operations are restarting again, requesting 4 large air tankers & 2 VLATs back to the fire. FIRIS mapped the fire @ 1,384 acres around 4pm.
#WashburnFire (Yosemite NP) - Visibility has become too poor for this retardant operation to continue, they were working on the ridge going east from Wawona Point but this has only been partially completed w/ gaps in the line per radio traffic.
#WashburnFire (Yosemite NP) - 1,591 acres from the mapping data that was done around 10pm tonight. Red X's in 2nd & 3rd images are isolated heat signatures (spots). 2nd image = pointing north, 3rd image = pointing south. Little to see on cameras right now.
Nothing further to add on this one tonight, back later in the day.
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#MosquitoFire (#Foresthill, Placer Co/El Dorado Co) - From the townhall meeting: they were lucky today w/ the inversion & smoke setting in for the day: didn't see that extreme fire behavior from yesterday. ~2,000 firefighters being moved in to the fire.
#MosquitoFire - Branch 5 (Foresthill) has been holding really good. They've been able to do some mop up in there today & get more lines in around Foresthill. They were able to get into Branch 20 (Volcanoville) to do some mopup around structures, looking to get some line in there.
#MosquitoFire - They've been doing a lot of scouting in the areas towards the east. It's big country & a lot of steep drainages. From the fire behavior analyst: yesterday at 12pm it was 8,000 acres. Temp was 95, RH was 15% & winds were 6mph. That resulted in a 21,000 acre growth.
#ForwardFire in Tehama Co east of #Manton, near Ponderosa Way & Forward Rd: 2-3 acres in timber w/ moderate rate of spread, 2 additional large air tankers requested. Spot fire now visible on cameras too. share.watchduty.org/incident/1311
#ForwardFire (#Manton, Tehama Co) - Significant increase in smoke seen on cameras, however no updated report on conditions heard recently. The cam from the first tweet has been down for a good 30+ mins.
#ForwardFire (#Manton, Tehama Co) - 75 acres which includes 2 main areas of fire w/ multiple spot fires out in front per radio traffic, Air Attack requesting 1 addl S-2 tanker & 3 additional large air tankers.
(Mosquito) - You may have seen this in the @watchdutyapp. This was my error & mine only. I lapsed in concentration while editing/creating the map on the Google My Maps platform & the perimeter was not where it was supposed to be. I sincerely apologize for that.
We've been looking for ways to provide maps in a simple format that people can view & scroll, without having to view older perimeters of the same fire. This appeared to be a good solution but is currently being reviewed for better processes & to ensure it doesn't happen again.
I can tell you that any information (scanner info, maps etc) I provide is in good faith, to the best of my ability. I never ever want to mislead anyone. No excuses. I apologize again to anybody who was able to view it in the time that it was available prior to being removed.
#FairviewFire (S/O #ValleVista, Riverside Co) - Significant push to the west now w/ multiple spot fires across west side of Fairview Ave from the origin to Fairview Ave @ Bautista Canyon Rd. Resources in there trying to catch spots.
#FairviewFire (S/O #ValleVista, Riverside Co) - They've managed to pick up the spot fires for now, resources maneuvering for structure defense too. There will be night copters assigned tonight per radio traffic.
#FairviewFire (S/O #ValleVista, Riverside Co) - This piece of fire is making a hard push in the flats towards Fairview Ave again (not sure from which side) w/ an immediate life threat, air support requested. Will impact the road & a dead grove in about 5 minutes.
#ForkFire in #NorthFork, Madera Co: 50 acres w/ potential for 200 acres, fire has jumped the North Fork Willow Creek, AA430 requesting 4 additional tankers closest any type. Rd 222 south of N Fork Rd. share.watchduty.org/incident/1285
#ForkFire (#NorthFork, Madera Co) - IC requesting 10 addl type 3 engines, 10 any type closest engines, 3 dozers, 4 handcrews, 4 water tenders. 2 addl copters. Going to an extended attack w/ potential for major incident per IC.
#ForkFire (#NorthFork, Madera Co) - AA430 requesting 1 VLAT + placing a no divert on 2 of the tankers due to life threat. Sheriff's & CHP requested for evacuations in the area.
#McKinneyFire (Klamath NF, Siskiyou Co) - From the community meeting: completed dozer line around Yreka. They have a dozer line up on the hill along the ridge system & a secondary line closer to town. Received precipitation throughout the day on the eastern side.
#McKinneyFire - Crews are also directly on the fires edge closest to Yreka building a combo of hand line + dozer line, have good line around Humbug Creek & working from there to the west. Working in Baldy Cap, copters in there now, mixed conditions due to smoke & weather.
#McKinneyFire - Using aircraft where possible. They're working towards Baker Flat & have dozer line across the ridge system north of Fort Jones as a secondary line. Scott Bar: handline going in there, working towards Mill Creek.