Incident: 00294 Type: Report of Fire Location: 518 Melody Ln Loc Desc: RANCH ACROSS FROM Lat/Lon: 36.961879 -121.756374 

Per CA Fire Scanner: This is an agricultural fire of some plastics and stakes, and not really a threat to the wildlands, so should be an easy one to catch and stop.

Detail Information
5:38 PM13[46] TRANS TO NETCOM
5:29 PM12[44] RP LIVES AT 2074 Green Valley Rd AND IS WORRIED ABOUT THE SMOKE/ XFER TO NET COM
5:28 PM11[42] [Appended, 17:29:27] [1] RP SEES SMOKE
5:22 PM10[35] [Appended, 17:24:28] [1] LARGE BLK PLUME OF SMOKE
5:17 PM9[31] [Appended, 17:17:52] [5] PER NET COME FIRE AT GREEN VALLEY and MELODY LN
5:16 PM8[29] [Appended, 17:17:52] [3] RP SEES A HUGE AMOUNT OF BLACK SMOKE
5:15 PM7[27] [Appended, 17:17:52] [1] ACCROS THE LAKE TWDS GREEN VALLEY RD NEAR THE BOTTOOM OF MT MADONNA
5:04 PM6[23] RP FIRE TK JUST WENT BY
5:04 PM5[22] RP CALLING FROM SO SUB STATION: 790 GREEN VALLEY RD, SEES LARGE BLK PLUME SMOKE
5:02 PM4[17] [Appended, 17:03:11] [10] [Notification] [CHP]-PER NETCOM, LARGE FIELD FIRE OFF MELODY LN
5:02 PM3[16] [Appended, 17:03:11] [9] 30 CPS CAN SEE FIRE F/ SR1 @ RIVERSIDE
5:01 PM2[15] [Appended, 17:03:11] [8] 1039 NETCOM
5:01 PM1[12] [Appended, 17:03:11] [5] UNK WHAT’S ON FIRE
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