Incident: 00098 Type: Report of Fire Location: US101 Loc Desc: NB AT WOODCHOPPER Lat/Lon: 34.701118 -120.167408
Detail Information
12:42 PM 19 [71] B14-063 97 W/ROUND ROBBINS BTWN CAT CYN AND CLOSURE
12:39 PM 18 [69] A3-004 BREAK STARTED FRM JON PARK RD
12:31 PM 17 [65] 1039 DOT
12:23 PM 16 [61] B3-004B NEG CLEARANCE // 3-S2 CPYS HAVE UNIT UNITS STOP TRFC FRM 101 X 154// CZP 2 CPYS TRFC STOPPED// 14-1 CPYS// 14-S1 CPYS TRFC STOPPED SB JNO FIRE
12:21 PM 15 [60] B3-004B FIRE ON RDWY NB JNO COMMAND POST
12:16 PM 14 [57] 3-S2 ALL SMA AND BUE UNITS RESPOND TO FIRE RUNNING ESCORT BREAKS THROUGH FIRE
12:12 PM 13 [53] A3-055 FIRE GOING 97
12:12 PM 12 [52] LN 51 IN WRONG LOG
12:12 PM 11 [51] 3-4 ADVSD SBA HAD MZP UNITS// WERE 1022 FOR MZP AND PRIVIDING 1184 AT CLOSURE
12:05 PM 10 [44] 1039 DOT
12:00 PM 9 [6] 8-S3 OUT OF VEH AVAIL VIA CELL
11:59 AM 8 [5] 8-S3 START SMA UNIT BURNING TOWARDS FWY //MAY NEED TO CLOSE AT 101 SHORTLY
11:54 AM 7 [29] [Appended, 12:03:14] [31] [Appended, 11:54:21] [1] SEES SMOKE
11:48 AM 6 [28] [Appended, 12:03:14] [29] [Appended, 11:49:10] [1] FEELS LIKE SHES IS REPORTING A NEW FIRE – TOT SBSO
11:47 AM 5 [27] [Appended, 12:03:14] [25] [Appended, 11:47:46] [1] SEES A FIRE FROM BALLARD CANYON
11:38 AM 4 [24] [Appended, 12:03:14] [17] [Appended, 11:38:38] [1] PLUME OF SMOKE
11:36 AM 3 [19] [Appended, 12:03:14] [13] [Appended, 11:36:48] [1] RP LIVES ON ALISO CYN / STATES FIRE APPEARS TO BE NORTH AND IN THE AREA OF THE 101 // TOT SBSO
11:27 AM 2 [9] [Appended, 12:03:14] [3] RP ADVSD 101 A FEW MILES NORTH OF ZACA STATION ROAD
11:27 AM 1 [8] [Appended, 12:03:14] [2] FIRE / IN A FIELD

Local Update, 8:45 am many smelling smoke down on the South Coast on Gorda Mountain and Willow Creek. The spread of smoke from this fire is HUGE. You can see it here:

Thomas Fire Smoke Plumes

(Thanks Anni Agren for the above link.)

Updated: December 07, 2017 7:46 am
County: Ventura County
Location: Hwy 150 and Hwy 126, north of Santa Paula
Acres Burned – Containment: 96,000 acres – 5% contained
Evacuation Info: Evacuation Map
Effective immediately the following areas are under Mandatory Evacuations:
• West of Hwy 33, North of West El Roblar Dr
•The following areas east of the city of Santa Paula and north of Hwy 126
o Timber Canyon Rd @ Hwy 126
o Toland Rd @ Hwy 126
o Hall Rd @ Hwy 126

• All areas within the City of Ojai east of Hwy 33 and north of Hwy 150 with the exception of Ojai Valley Community Hospital and the evacuation center at Nordhoff High School
o Ojai Valley Community Hospital – Shelter in Place o Nordhoff High School – Shelter in Place

MANDATORY EVACUATIONS:
• City of Santa Paula – Boundary of Say Road north to Thomas Aquinas, Dickenson Ranch Road east to Santa Paula Creek
• City of Santa Paula – Boundary of Monte Vista Street north to city limits, Foothill Road from Steckel to Peck Road to north of city limits
• Santa Paula unincorporated area towards Ventura- North of Foothill Road from Peck Road to Wells Road including: Wheeler Canyon, Aliso Canyon and Rancho Vista
• City of Ventura – Teloma east to Brent Street, Telegraph Road north to north of Foothill Road
• City of Ventura – Victoria Road east to Hill Road, Telegraph Road north to Foothill Road
• City of Ventura – North Ashwood Avenue east to Hill Road, Telegraph Road north to Foothill Road
• City of Ventura – North of Foothill Road from Wells Road to Poli Street
• City of Ventura – North of Main Street from Seward Avenue to Hwy 33 (includes entire Ventura Avenue area)
• Oak View – Boundary of Hwy 33, Creek Road and Hermosa Road
• Entire Community of Casitas Springs – Evacuate to Ventura County Fairgrounds – 10 West Harbor Blvd., Ventura
• East Ojai Valley – Carne Road east to McAndrew Road, Reeves Road north to Thacher Road
• Upper Ojai Valley – Hwy 150 from Dennison Grade east to Osborne Road and all residences north
• Ventura County North Coast Area – Boundary of Hwy 33 on the north to Casitas Vista Road, northwest to Hwy 150, Hwy 150 (Casitas Pass Road) west to US 101 and south on US 101 (including Pacific Coast Highway) to Emma Wood State Beach

VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS:
• Residents in the City of Ventura, south of Loma Vista, east of Day Road, West of Victoria Avenue and north of Telegraph Road
• Residents in the City of Ventura, east of Victoria north of Loma Vista South of Foothill west of Wells Road
• All residents of the Ojai Valley not currently covered under the current mandatory evacuation
• City of Fillmore – Boundary of 2nd Street north to 4th Street & Island View Street east to Pole Creek
• City of Fillmore – Boundary of 4th Street on the south to Pole Canyon Road, Pole Canyon Road northeast to Goodenough Road, Goodenough Road south to 5th Street and 5th Street southeast to 4th Street
• City of Fillmore – Boundary of Hwy 23 & the Santa Clara River south to Guiberson Road, Guiberson Road east to Torrey Road and Torrey Road north to the Santa Clara River

EVACUATION SHELTERS: City of Ventura – Ventura County Fairgrounds at Miners Building (Red Cross – Includes an Animal Shelter for all types of animals) – 10 W Harbor Blvd, Ventura, CA 93001
City of Ojai – Nordhoff High School (Red Cross) -1401 Maricopa Hwy, Ojai, CA 93023
City of Oxnard – Oxnard College Gymnasium (Red Cross)- Open 12/5/17, 0700
City of Santa Paula – Santa Paula Community Center (City of SP run shelter) – Open 0800
City of Fillmore – Veteran’s Memorial Bldg (City of Fillmore run shelter), 511 2nd Street – Will be open 12/6/17, 0800 hrs
UC Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara Multi Activity Center, 552 University Road, Santa Barbara, CA

Yesterday the BSFD tells us no burn permits due to conditions. This morning on Plaskett – photos by Brendon Shave:

Details 00249 4:42 PM Car Fire CRG13 / SR25 BITTERWATER JWO SR25 King City
Incident: 00249 Type: Car Fire Location: CRG13 / SR25 Loc Desc: BITTERWATER JWO SR25 Lat/Lon: 36.380550 -121.001290
Detail Information
6:31 PM 21 [39] 8-42 CLOSURE 3 MILES JEO OF MONTEREY SAN BENITO CO LINE
6:05 PM 20 [36] 1039 S1 ON CELL, CPYS ALL VIA CELL
6:02 PM 19 [35] A8-042 ADVS S1 THAT RDWY CLOSED AND 1181
5:40 PM 18 [34] 1039 OFC, UNITS LOADING UP
5:35 PM 17 [30] A8-042 INFO RDWY CLOSED FOR FIRE 1039 OFC AND HAVE CWATCH OUT FOR TFRC CONTROL AT CLOSURE
5:31 PM 16 [32] [Appended, 17:36:35] [2] LARGE SMOKE CLOUDS
5:31 PM 15 [31] [Appended, 17:36:35] [1] FIRE IN GILLS
5:29 PM 14 [26] [Appended, 17:29:52] [1] RP CAN SEE THE GLOW F/BITTERWATER CFIRE
5:27 PM 13 [25] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 MIKES TOW FOR FB 831-385-5500
5:24 PM 12 [23] ALWAYS TOW DOES NOT HAVE FB AVAIL- STILL ENRT W/MED DUTY
5:23 PM 11 [22] [Notification] [CHP]-FLAMES NOW VISIBLE F/101 GREENFIELD
5:15 PM 10 [20] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 ALWAYS 831-424-8698 W/FLTBED, AND MED
5:15 PM 9 [19] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CALIFIRE BETTER 1020 ON BITTERWATER 2 MI’S JWO AIRLINE // FIRE IS BURNING APROX 10 ACRES NOW
5:13 PM 8 [18] A8-042 REQ 1185 FLTBED FOR HOND AND 2ND 1185 MED FOR CHEV PK TK W/ HORSE TL W/1 COW
5:02 PM 7 [15] [Notification] [CHP]-PER CALFIRE, THERE IS A VEG FIRE STARTING F/THE VEH FIRE, APROX 1 ACRE, POTENTIALLY UP TO 10 ACRES // APROX 2 MI’S INTO SAN BENITO COUNTY ON AIRLINE
5:00 PM 6 [14] 1039 MTRY COM , FOR 1141
4:57 PM 5 [12] CORR POSS A VEH VS TK W/HORSE TL NFI
4:56 PM 4 [11] 42 NEAR SAN BENITO CO LINE AND PASSING FIRE
4:54 PM 3 [10] POSS A TC VEH VS HORSE TL
4:54 PM 2 [8] PER MTRY COM, PER DUPE RP CLOSER TO 25 , FIRE NOT YET 97, ALSO A TL INLVD
4:43 PM 1 [1] FIRE ENRT
Unit Information

Noon update: Here is where the fire is, sent to me by Bill Cox:

 

And here is another photo, also by Bill Cox:

11:30 am – update – 6 tankers out of Paso Robles flying this one. LPF WildCAD is reporting 200 acres. I have not been able to get on the wildlandfire website for any further details.

Photo by Bill Cox who will send a report in 15-30 mins. Bill says VLAT on its way.

Incident: 00028 Type: Report of Fire Location: San Antonio Rd E / Sr1 Loc Desc: Lat/Lon: 34.774947 -120.487170
Detail Information
9:16 AM 4 [6] FIRE POSS 97 NOW
9:15 AM 3 [5] 1039 VAFB
9:04 AM 2 [2] 1039 VAFB ADV THEY HAVE CREWS ENRT FOR VEG FIRE
9:04 AM 1 [1] 3-55 INQ W/VAFB IF FIRE JWO SAN ANTONIO

Encellados is the incident name.

 

 

Big Sur-On Monday, An illegal camp fire was started by a traveler hiking along the Pacific Coast Highway. Michael Manneback of Cape Coral,Florida was illegally camping in the Partington Canyon area in Big Sur when he started a warming fire. The fire then caught sections of dry needles and grass on fire. Several maintenance workers with California State Parks saw the smoke in the canyon, called it in and took action battling the blaze with shovels. A local resident from Partington Ridge also saw the vegetation fire and drove down to assist. The Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade and U.S.Forest Service firefighters arrived to contained the blaze to a 100 foot by 100 foot section. State Park Rangers and Sheriff deputies worked together to locate Manneback. Manneback was arrested by the Monterey County Sheriffs Office and transported to the Monterey County Jail where charges are pending. Cal-fire assisted with the fire investigation. The Sheriff’s office would like to extend a huge thanks to the quick action taken by the state park maintenance crew and Partington resident. They risked their lives by placing themselves in danger to suppress the spread of the fire. This bought time for local fire agencies to arrive and fully extinguish the vegetation fire. This section of the Los Padres National Forest had not burned during the Soberanes Fire so there was still a lot of fuel. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office would like to advise the public that camp fires of any kind are not permitted outside Designated campfire use areas.

6:15 am – Here are the evacuations and road closures in the area:

5:30 am – Woke at 5 am to reports of a fire on Bear Creek Rd. that started small and was up to 100 ac. by 5 am. Evacuations of Boulder Creek were taking place. I will keep an eye on this today and keep you posted.

NWS even mentioned it at 5 am – “Smoke from a newly developing wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains this morning may reduce slant-wise and horizontal visibilities southward to the Monterey Peninsula terminals today…”

All,

Shortly after 09:00 this morning the Fire Brigade was paged out for a vegetation fire in Partington Cove. State Parks maintenance had seen it and reported it. They started to fight the fire with their hand tools the best they could. Brigade Captain Jon Knight was on scene very quickly with one more FF and gave an excellent size up, about a 100′ x 100′ area burning on the East side of the highway about a 1/4 mile up the canyon. All the homes up on Partington were in the cross hairs once again. We started SO in case any evacuations were needed.

As the other Brigade members arrived on scene they did an excellent job controlling the fire, and deploying a pump in the river for a continuous water supply. They were able to stop the spread in short order avoiding what could have been a devastating result had it spread up the hillside to the homes above.

This was again an example of the initial response by the Fire Brigade making a difference! We had an excellent response, with over a dozen Brigade members and 3 engines on scene and 2 water tenders cancelled enroute. USFS E17 and B12 also arrived on scene and several hours later we turned the fire area over to them. They were going to stay in the area until this evening and then come back again tomorrow to make sure there were no flare ups.

This fire was started by an illegal campfire, 2 nights ago we were paged out for 2 other campfires, one of which was cited. It is unbelievable to me why with half the state on fire anyone would think it was a good idea to have any fire.

A good job well done by all!!

Martha Karstens,
BSVFB Fire Chief

 

BSVFD called out to a spot fire in Partington Canyon. It is being extinguished, 100 by 100 spot, probable illegal camp fire, possible suspect on foot southbound near JP burns walking in Black clothing. Be on the look out and report to MCSO.

It is very windy up here, not sure about in Partington Canyon. Rain expected Thursday night (Thursday afternoon for the Sonoma Fires) and it can’t get here too soon – about 1/10 – 1/4 of an inch. Probably more up here in the higher elevations