Thomas Fire Maps, 12/12/17
Category: Fire Season
Cal Fire Press Release on Ventana Fire
Thomas Fire Update, 12/11/17
10 am – It is 230,500 acres and 15% contained. The smoke up here is pretty bad. Barely see Willow Creek Ridge and Prewitt Ridge, everything else is blocked out. Here is the latest map:
Fire behind Ventana, 12/11/17
7:15 am – As of 12:34 am, a fire back behind Ventana was reported at about 3 acres. It was reported to me that evacuations were issued. 4 LPF responded. I am sure BSVFB, also, but have no collorboration. At 2:11 am, Ryan Webster was made IC, but at 3:29 am, Peter Harris was made IC, both of the LPNF, and the acreage was reduced to 1.6 acres.
Thomas Fire Smoke Drift
6 pm – just got a notice that this fire is now up to 230,000 acres and containment has dropped to 10%. Oh, lord.
2 pm – The pyrocumulus plume is flattening, which means the winds are changing and it is the most dangerous time for fire fighters. Note the one on the top is 1:29 pm the second is is 12:19. That one reached 30K feet into the atmosphere.
Most recent MODIS – taking aim at Carpenteria and Montecito. Reminder of the Tea Fire:
I watched a smoke cloud come over Willow Creek before noon today, and now it is quite smokey up here. This is Gorda Mtn around noon, by Inga:
Below is the smoke taken from Oxnard, earlier this am:
Around noon, it was reported to me that the fire was headed to Montecito and Carpenteria.
Fire North of Buelton Closes 101
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
Thomas Fire
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:
(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
Another illegal campfire
Yesterday the BSFD tells us no burn permits due to conditions. This morning on Plaskett – photos by Brendon Shave:
Brush Fire, SR 25, 3 miles from MoCo and San Benito County Line
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
Vegetation Fire – VAFB & Highway One – Encellados Incident
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.