Previous Fire News

Vicky W, you & Diamond are the best! and now we have Ontario_Weather Service jumping in with more information. we lost our home in the Old Fire so you must know that when this thread is open, its the first one checked. thank you ALL so much for watching out for us. i can only imagine what a job it is to try to handle all those scanners and transcribe at the same time; you are terrific!!!

jackie

Vicky, your CHP description sounds like it's burning through/around the strip mine. There's light vegatation there but it gets thicker along Temescal Canyon Rd, which is pretty much a frontage road for the 15. Thanks for the info!

no problem im on socalmountains.com for info on fires, where vicki does more here, , hard to do both but thanks you

rvcfire.org update:

UPDATE AT 1800 HOURS 500 ACRES, 20 PERCENT CONTAINED ESTIMATED 100 PERCENT Containment March 12th 1200 hours.

Not sure if this is related; but from CHP CAD:

Incident: 1924
Type: Report of Fire
Location: EL SOBRANTE RD AT CAJALCO RD

10:22PM ALSO POWER LN ARE DWN IN AREA// LA SIERRA IS WHERE THE START OF THE FIRE IS AT
10:21PM CDF REQTING IMMEDIATE CLOSURE FOR LA SIERRA BWTN EL SORBRANTE AND CAJALCO
10:18PM BRUSH FIRE
10:18PM TRANS TO CDF PERRIS

The link below shows the map of Cajalco Rd at Lake Mathews from El Sobrante to La Sierra.

http://tinyurl.com/2ssv7o

My apologies - I have been spelling 'Mathews' incorrectly.

CHP CAD:

10:27PM THIS IS A NEW FIRE JNO CAJALCO

VICKI THERE ARE 3 FIRES IN THE AREA,, PER SCANNER , THE LARGEST ONE IS 3 ACRES, WITH DOWN POWER LINES,, SAME AREA,

THE HEAD OF THIS NEW FIRE IS LA SIERRA AVE
POWER LINES ARE DOWN, EDISION IS ENROUTE
BRUSH FIRE, EL SOBRANTE ROAD AND CAJALICO

this is getting hard to figur out whats where and what,,

opps you already know,,

for this new fire, division a is coming in from the windy ridge ic in anaheim hills,

sorry guys nite all my eyes and fingers are pooped, rest easy

THE SIERRA FIRES ARE A COMBO OF 3 FIRES TOTALL ACREAGE IS 1,005 ACRS LOST
60 % CONTAINMENT
ESTIMATE FULL CONTAINMNET MARCH 12, 6PM, '
ROAD CLOSURES ARE CAJALICO ROAD BTW LA SIERRA AVE AND TEMESCAL CANYON ROAD,
THESE ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO RE-OPEN LATER TODAY
ERRATIC WINDS STILL IN THE AREA
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this is the lastest update on the sierra ic fires, as of 7am this morning

current sitution
1,005 acres, 60% contained
expected containment later this evening 1800 hours
critical rescorces: none
major problems and concerns: erratic shifting winds and high tems 88-90
low rh, extreme fire behavior could cause trouble getting this fire out

rescources threatened: distrubution powerlines, if the winds were to increase, and jump south of the cajalico road it would run towards homes.

fuels involved: 3 foot tall grassesm chamise, annual grasses and spotty manzanita

todays observed fire behavior: erratic winds driving this fire , with the fire laying low over nite,

significate events today: cajalico road closed to la sierra to temescal canyon , outlook

actions planned in the next 12 hours, : tie in approx 1/2 mile of fire line , then mop up and patrol for hot spots
so thats it unless something changes
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forgot to add commited rescources
4 single rescources T1 crews
2 strike teams of T1 crws
11 sr engines
1 dozer
2 water tenders
5 over head , air craft
188 personnel, from cal fire, ( 20)
orange county ( 133)
lgr ( 10)
bia ( 4)
and oes ( 21)

growth potential is medium
difficulity of terrain: high
* that makes things tough to reach the terrain to work it at times its better to let the air craft work it instead of the crews,,
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this is the lastest i have heard on this fire too
from riverside county fire department
acres burned: -- 1044 grass and brush
engines --11
ffighters- 120
over head personnel -- 4
fire crews --6
helicopters--1
FIRE HAS BEEN CONTAINED AND CONTROLLED , 1800 HOURS, ROADS HAVE RE-OPENED ,,