Category: 2017 Fire Season

Fire Updates, 7/9/17

9 pm update:

Alamo: Update : 23,876 acres – 15% contained

Whittier: as of 11 this am – The fire is 7,800 acres

Parkfield: Update : 1,816 acres – 60% contained. Forward spread stopped.

Stone: Update, 340ac, forward progress stopped. Structures lost.

Garza: Update 2000 acres

7:00 am updates:

Parkfield:  as of around midnight last night, this one is 1500 acres and 30% contained.

Alamo: as of 6 am this one is up to 23,867 with 10% containment and heading west and south toward the 101 and Santa Maria. Here is a fire map:

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Whittier Fire:  is 7800 acres and has crested Santa Ynez mountain and visible from Goleta now. This was 11 pm last night and from Goleta:

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Parkfield Fire, 7/8/17

9:20 pm – 500 acres, per Cal Fire.

9:00 pm – PER CO RDS, HAVE CLOSURES IN PLACE AT: INDIAN VLY AT VINEYARD CYN / INDIAN VLY AT CROSS CYN / CROSS CYN AT PLEASANT (WHICH COVERS LOWES CYN – UNABLE TO CLOSE AT LOWES CYN BECAUSE VEHS UNABLE TO TURN AROUND AND SLOSO AWARE

Also evacuations but unknown where. Lastly, one firefighter suffered 2nd degree burns to his face and hands. He was airlifted out to a burn center.

7 pm – Location: Vineyard Canyon Rd x Cross Country Rd
Acres: 100
ROS: Dangerous rate of spread
ROC: 100 acres, requesting 1 additional Charlie strike team, 1 Lima ST, 2 Gulf STs. Fire burning on both sides of the road. In both MoCo and SLO

Ordered 2 more ATs for a total of 6.

Here are some photos I found online:

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Another SLO Fire – Chalk Fire and a SB Co. one, Whittier Fire

4 pm here is a shot of the Whittier Fire. (The Chalk Fire is a done deal)

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3 pm – Busy day on the Central Coast. The newest one  is up by the Chalk Mountain Golf Course in Atascadero Do not know size or have further info.

The one called Whittier has capped out and is 200 acres, right now. It is in some rough terrain. It is in the Los Padres NF in Santa Barbara County off 154 near Lake Cachuma.

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Alamo and Tower still going so fires will be competing for resources.

Alamo Fire Doubles Overnight, 7/8/17

3:00 pm – Alamo Fire up to 19,000 acres.

7:30 am – Fire officials report the fire has burned about 6,000 acres as of 7:00 a.m. Saturday and remains 10 percent contained. High temperatures, low humidity, and strong winds caused the fire to double in size.

A red flag warning is in effect for the area where the fire is burning, indicating extreme high temperatures, low humidities and sundowner winds.

Santa Barbara County Fire Captain Dave Zaniboni reports 1,000 firefighters have been assigned to the Alamo Fire. He anticipates more resources will arrive and be ordered Saturday.

Fire officials are watching wind conditions closely. Capt. Zaniboni says if the winds shift out of the northwest, like they did Friday afternoon, the fire could burn into the Tepusquet Canyon area where numerous people have homes and property.

Mandatory evacuations remain in place for Blazing Saddle Drive, White Rock Lane, Tepusquet Road and Colson Canyon Road. Approximately 300 residents in the area were notified.

Highway 166 remained closed from Highway 101 to Tepusquet Road.

The fire was first reported shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. The cause is under investigation.

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Photos by KSBY

 

Fire – Carmel Valley, The Preserve, Chamisal Pass area

6:30 pm – while sirens still being heard, the smoke is no longer visible, and witnesses say the retardant drops were quick and effective, and this one may be in mop up now

6 pm – Still gathering info

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Tower Fire – Cuesta Grade, SLO

9 pm – Tower fire (update) fire holding at approx 60 acres. 45 to 50% contained. Crews working through the night on containment.

6 pm – will continue to follow this fire, but a fire closer to home in Carmel Valley needs my attention. I’ll check back later on this one.

5:00 pm -100 acres. AA reports he has Tankers 12, 16, 82, 75, 80 and Helo 530….all were diverted from the Alamo fire to the Tower Fire

4:45 pm – 30 acres, dangerous rate of spread.

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Fires in SLO Co & Santa Cruz Co – Alamo Fire

6 pm – I have a fire in CV on Chamisal Pass I need to follow, so won’t be doing but maybe one more update tonight on this one. Also following the Tower Fire on Cuesta Grade.

5:30 pm –

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Smoke from the Alamo Fire seen from above Friday afternoon. (San Luis Obispo City Fire Department photo)

4:30 pm – Alamo is up to 3,000, a gain of 2500 acres in 1/2 an hour. mandatory evac for Blazing Saddles Road underway

4 pm – Santa Cruz fire stopped at 2 acres, but the Alamo Fire went nuclear and doubled in less than an hour.

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Flames from the Alamo Fire are visible from the Santa Maria Mesa area. (Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo)

3:00 pm  – The fire in SLO Co started yesterday and is called Alamo Fire. It is 250 acres, but with 1/4 mile spotting and a dangerous rate of spread and looks to be blowing up at this hour. 7 hours ago, it was basically a done deal, they thought. Now it is anything but. It is off of EB SR 166 near Alamo Creek. It is currently burning in both SLO Co. and SB Co.

#AlamoIC (update) incident commander ordering evacuations for the Tepusquet Blazzing Saddles area. Orders being given by Santa Barbara Cnty

Winds caused it to jump the lines, it has crossed hwy 166.

This is from the roof of the Santa Maria PD this afternoon:

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And in Santa Cruz, a fire started out by the Golf Course about an hour ago. Here is what CHP posted.

2:49 PM 16 [32] ***UPPER PARK AT BRANICORTE AND UPPER PARK AT ARMORY ARE CLOSED DOWN BY SCRZ PD
2:15 PM 15 [9] B26-015 FIRE APPEARS JNO GOLF OCURSE / FIRE STAGING IN GOLF COURSE
2:11 PM 14 [26] [Appended, 14:23:15] [16] [Appended, 14:11:44] [4] PER RP MAY BE ASSOC W/ DE LAVEAGA FIRE – NETCOM ADVSD RP FIRE IS SPREADING RAPIDLY
2:11 PM 13 [25] [Appended, 14:23:15] [15] [Appended, 14:11:44] [3] RP ADV THIS MAY BE ASSOC W/ DE LAVEAGA PARK FIRE RP UNSURE
2:10 PM 12 [23] [Appended, 14:23:15] [13] [Appended, 14:11:44] [1] RP SEES COLUMN OF SMOKE FM NEW BRIGHTON BEACH NORHT TWRDS APTS OF NEW BRIGHTON BEACDH
2:08 PM 11 [8] PER RP THIS IS SEPERATE FM DE LAVEAGA FIRE
2:07 PM 10 [7] B26-015 24 / NUMEROUS FIRE ENGINES
2:07 PM 9 [20] [Appended, 14:23:15] [8] [Appended, 14:08:34] [4] RP ADV FIRE IS VISIBLE FM WATER ST
2:07 PM 8 [19] [Appended, 14:23:15] [7] [Appended, 14:08:34] [3] NETCOM ADV WILDLAND FIRE IS ONGOING
2:07 PM 7 [18] [Appended, 14:23:15] [6] [Appended, 14:08:34] [2] SMOKE SEEN FM HILLS NEAR DE LAVEAGA PARK
2:06 PM 6 [17] [Appended, 14:23:15] [5] [Appended, 14:08:34] [1] FIRE NEAR DE LA VEAGA PARK
2:04 PM 5 [5] FIRE IS 400 YARDS FM RP’S HOUSE
2:03 PM 4 [16] [Appended, 14:23:15] [10] [Appended, 14:09:47] [1] TRANS TO NET COM
2:03 PM 3 [3] RP SEES LRG AMT OF GRY/WHI SMOKE
2:02 PM 2 [1] FIRE IN SCZ MOUNTAINS
2:00 PM 1 [13] [Appended, 14:23:15] [1] BLK SMOKE SEEN

Grass Fire near Hollister

2:45 pm – Contained at 17 acres. Nice stop firefighters!

2:15 pm – SAN BENITO COUNTY, Calif. – According to CalFire, a 30 acre grass fire is burning just outside Hollister in the 1500 block of Santa Ana Valley Road.

Crews are headed there now. Winds are a factor and and are raising concerns.

 

Report of Fire in CV?

UPDATE: fire kept to 1/4 acre.

Per chp: “Incident: 00323 Type: Provide Traffic Control Location: Tierra Grande Dr / Doud Rd Loc Desc: FD REQ 1184 Lat/Lon: 36.524497 -121.810836
Detail Information
5:23 PM 4 [9] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from AOD-Assist Other Departments to 1184-Provide Traffic Control by CHP
5:19 PM 3 [7] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from FIRE-Report of Fire to AOD-Assist Other Departments by CHP
4:54 PM 2 [2] TOT SLNS FIRE
4:54 PM 1 [1] RP SEES SMOKE AND FLAMES

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