10:00 pm – Press Release and photos of fire were just released by Cal Fire

Monterey County/San Benito Cal Fire continue to fight a wildfire late this afternoon at Limekiln and Cienega, near Hollister. Downed power lines across the road are making it difficult to access.The smoke column was visible all the way down to Chualar. It was evidencing a dangerous rate of spread before nightfall. A VLAT, very large air tanker, was on scene and was to make a drop on the head of the fire before nightfall. One unconfirmed report had the fire at 500 acres before nightfall.

This one will bear some watching in the morning.

3:30 pm –

Recent Incidents (Prepared 10/12/2015 15:36)

Date Inc # Name Type Location WebComment Resources IC Fuels Acres Lat/Lon
10/12/2015 15:09 LPF-3274
PNJ4EJ 1502 COTTON HELI527LPF
Detail Information
3:27 PM 6 [9] B9-008B NOT AFFECTING RDWY / GOING INTO FIELDS / RDWY CLR
3:16 PM 5 [8] B9-008B ON WEST SIDE / LIGHT FIRE RIGHT NOW / GRAZED AREA
3:15 PM 4 [7] B9-008B 97 W/ CAL FIRE / BY OLIVE FARM
3:06 PM 3 [6] PER CAL FIRE NEAR COTTONWOOD PASS
3:05 PM 2 [2] 1039 CALFIRE
3:04 PM 1 [1] GRASS FIRE

ill be looking for further and updating if necessary.