New fire approx 10 miles W/SW of Fort Jones in Siskiyou Co being called the #ShacklefordFire. No resources @ scene so limited info but sizeable amount of smoke on cameras - note the left image below was taken ~10 mins earlier & right image is now. share.watchduty.org/incident/853 ImageImage
#ShacklefordFire (10 miles W/SW of Fort Jones, Siskiyou Co) - Copter 506 reporting 10-15 acres w/ high growth potential, ground fire w/ some torching, upper third of the slope w/ a 10mph east wind. No structures threatened.
#ShacklefordFire (10 miles W/SW of Fort Jones, Siskiyou Co) - Air Attack reporting 20 acres w/ moderate rate of spread, light winds, potential for 200 acres. Majority of aircraft being released due to nightfall, just 1 copter left.
#ShacklefordFire (10 miles W/SW of Fort Jones, Siskiyou Co) - Last report was 20-25 acres, that was a bit earlier though. Visible on the cameras & you can keep track/watch it here: alertwildfire.org/region/shastam… Image
#ShacklefordFire (10 miles W/SW of Fort Jones, Siskiyou Co) - No further radio traffic has mentioned this fire but pretty good decrease in activity shown below: left image is 3 hours ago & the right image is what it looks like currently. ImageImage

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