Big Sur

Fire behind Hermitage

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 PM8[11] 1039 BIG SUR FIRE
1:58 PM7[9] A27-012 BIG SUR FIRE HAS UNITS IN THE AREA INVESTIGATING
1:42 PM6[7] 12 / ENGINES UNABLE TO MAKE IT UP TO FIRE
1:27 PM5[6] 12 CPZ PER SCANNER FIRE ADV LUCIA LODGE REP A FIRE ON THE HILL BEHIND THEIR HOUSING
1:24 PM4[5] 1039 STATE PARKS
1:22 PM3[4] 1039 MTYCOM
1:21 PM2[3] 12 NOTIFY FIRE AND STATE PARKS
1:20 PM1[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 11:25LPF-139NewSmoke CheckLUCIA LODGE/HWY 1 M.PAT17ALPF...36 1.302, -121 33.05422S R4E Sec 17

I am guessing it is a reignite from the Dolan. There were lots of underground fires still happening.

bigsurkate

Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.

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