Fire near Bitterwater & Gillis

At 5:00 pm — IC reports fire is now 1000 acres w/ potential for 4000 acres & is now 15% contained. it is burning east and parallel (approximately) to the 46.

Friend reported that SLU is seeking assistance from BEU on a fire 10 miles south of 46. He also reports there are 4 tankers working this fire.

Incident: 00113 Type: Report of Fire Location: Sr46 / Bitterwater Rd Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 35.710751 -120.310561

Detail Information
4:40 PM	3	[4] B9-008B FIRE IS ON BITTERWATER / 10 MILES SOUTH OF SR46 / NOT AFFECTING TRAFFIC
4:19 PM	2	[3] XFER CAL FIRE
3:52 PM	1	[1] XFER CAL FIRE

General location of the fire

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Koiphish says:

July 8, 2019 at 5:16 pm

How about the LAURELES GRADE CARMEL_V incident?
15:42hrs 7-8-2019
https://maps.nwcg.gov/sa/#/%3F/36.5247/-121.7649/15

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