3 pm — Forest service has made access they’re releasing 7831 and the other engines are going to be on standby helping with mop up
2:45 pm photo by Rhea Withrow who says: Yes, looks like it’s in the green island between the seefelds and hermitage. I had asked her to confirm my red circle around the area of the fire.

2 pm – from chp site:
2:04 PM | 8 | [11] 1039 BIG SUR FIRE |
1:58 PM | 7 | [9] A27-012 BIG SUR FIRE HAS UNITS IN THE AREA INVESTIGATING |
1:42 PM | 6 | [7] 12 / ENGINES UNABLE TO MAKE IT UP TO FIRE |
1:27 PM | 5 | [6] 12 CPZ PER SCANNER FIRE ADV LUCIA LODGE REP A FIRE ON THE HILL BEHIND THEIR HOUSING |
1:24 PM | 4 | [5] 1039 STATE PARKS |
1:22 PM | 3 | [4] 1039 MTYCOM |
1:21 PM | 2 | [3] 12 NOTIFY FIRE AND STATE PARKS |
1:20 PM | 1 | [1] 12 SMOKE F/FIRE SR1 POSS NEAR HERMITAGE JSO NACIMIENTO FERGUSON NOT IN A BURN AREA AND NOT ASH |
Unit Information |
1:45 pm — Per scanner traffic as reported by Chris Buonocore, and calling for more resources. I can’t see anything specific, but it is pretty hazy here. Still pretty windy. Wild Cad-LPF had this:
01/19/2021 11:25 | LPF-139 | New | Smoke Check | LUCIA LODGE/HWY 1 M | . | PAT17ALPF | . | . | . | 36 1.302, -121 33.054 | 22S R4E Sec 17 |
I am guessing it is a reignite from the Dolan. There were lots of underground fires still happening.
Hard to believe we are back in this terrible place on Jan. 19. Thank-you for keeping us updated.
God bless the firefighters rushing to this !
Oh no. Prayers…
Prayers for a quick containment!
Hoping for the best….