Thread by @zebpalmer

NEW IR DATA! #MooseFire
This is from the nightly IR Mapping flight, which overflew the fire a couple hours ago at approx 12:15am
Red is previous IR perimeter (which was a very controlled fire weeks ago)
Yellow & Orange are the current blowup
(I'll 🧵 a closer look and comments)

🧵a closer look at fresh IR data shows fire approaching sagebrush in Wallace creek and *just* barely into Jesse creek (Salmon's municipal water source)
It does not appear that fire has crossed the powerline to the south.

I'm *guessing* fire crews will meet the fire at diamond creek road for burnouts. And if weather/visibility permits, I can imagine AM tanker support between fairgrounds and town.
Red flag warning tomorrow... this ain't over.

But, as far as scenarios where a 4-mile-long fire front jumps the ridge road contingency line... *currently* this looks a ton less bleak than it did at 11pm. Still, very bad. And could get *much* worse.
breathe...

Had questions a few hours ago about Beartrack Mine & Leesburg. #MooseFire
Looks like the fire crossed the 300 road at the north end of the site. I don't see anything that would make me suspect a loss of structures.

Here's a 3D look (looking N) of the Ridge Road Contingency line, the 4-mile section where the wall-o-fire jumped it.
This line was started in 2000 during the Clear Creek Fire. Saw lots of improvement during the Mustang Fire and again now with #MooseFire