Categories: 2018 Fire Season

Wildfire in Morgan Hill, 7/10/18

4:10 pm – UPDATE: Here are where Cal Fire has placed these two fires, Curie on the left, and Hale on the right.

4:00 pm – UPDATE: The Morgan Hill fire is called #HaleFire. Now, there is a new one north of Hale. New fire north of #HaleFire, called the #CurieFire with structures threatened. Cal Fire reports the Hill Fire at 40 ac. And the Curie Fire at 50. Air tanker diverted and dropped on the new start. This is the new one:

3:00 pm – UPDATE: Cal Fire air attacks have started. Firefighters say 40 acres have burned. Witnesses have seen several cars and trailers burned as well.

2:45 pm – I haven’t been able to get many details, yet, it is not showing up on Cal-Fire. But here is some info from CHP:

2:35 PM	13	[31] CORDS – HARD CLOSURE HNB HALE AT TILTON
2:25 PM	12	[27] [Notification] [CHP]-1022 LN 26 PER CALFIRE HAVE 13B RESP HALE/MIRAMONTE
2:07 PM	11	[25] 1039 23-S5 12B/ 13B ENRT
2:04 PM	10	[24] SC FIRE REQ 2 CHP UNITS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL
2:02 PM	9	[22] [Appended, 14:02:40] [4] XFER TO CAL FIRE
2:01 PM	8	[20] [Appended, 14:02:40] [2] BRUSH FIRE
1:58 PM	7	[17] 1039 OFFICE/ WILL BE SENDING 13
1:56 PM	6	[13] VERY CLOSE TO RANCHES
1:56 PM	5	[12] FIRE IS VERY LARGE NOW PER CDF
1:56 PM	4	[11] [Notification] [CHP]-FIRE VERY CLOSE TO 642 HALE AVE/ SPREADING FAST
1:52 PM	3	[1] BRUSH FIRE
1:49 PM	2	[15] [Appended, 13:57:43] [2] PER CALFIRE GRASS FIRE THEY ARE ENRT
1:49 PM	1	[14] [Appended, 13:57:43] [1] RP SEES WHI/BLK SMOKE

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