WILDFIRES EXPLODE ACROSS AMERICA!
Looks like this might be a busy summer for firefighters!
Meanwhile, a novel side note on the Lion Fire – A pack train of 30 horses and mules came to the aid of firefighters. According to the Forest Service, the animals will haul food and supplies into the Lion Meadow area where 55 firefighters are based. The animals came from seven national forests in California and are part of the packing effort, which is coordinated by the US Forest Service’s regional pack stock program.
Very good news for many in Inyo and Mono who have felt the breathing impacts of the continuous smoke since the lightning caused blaze started July 8th. The latest reports say that the Lion Fire has reached nearly 20,000 acres in the Golden Trout Wilderness, Sequoia National Forest and Sequoia National Park. At last word, crews had contained the fire by 65% and expect to fully contain it at 22,000 acres.
The Canyon Fire, set off by a plane crash on Sunday, Sept. 4, grew to an estimated 5,700 acres by 8 a.m. Monday, Sept. 5. Eyewitnesses reported extreme fire behavior on Sunday afternoon, virtually a fire tornado. "I've heard of them, but I'd never seen one," said Jeannine Giuffre, president of the Greater Tehachapi Area Fire Safe Council and a resident of Old West Ranch, where the fire started.
A fire in the Blackburn Canyon area is now estimated at nearly 13,500 acres and is 10-percent contained, said fire officials. The fire reportedly destroyed or damaged 12 residences and 18 other structures and out buildings, and 650 residents and 150 out buildings are threatened.
Firefighters continued to gain the upper hand on a fire in the Blackburn Canyon area, which consumed slightly more than 14,800 acres and is 83 percent contained, said fire officials. The fire reportedly destroyed or damaged 12 residences and 18 other structures and out buildings, and 650 residents and 150 out buildings are threatened. Full containment is expected by Friday. There were three reported injuries.
Kern County Fire Department, CAL Fire,CAL EMA, KCSO, and CHP are responding to several fires caused by the weekend's lightning. No injuries are reported at this time. Evacuations are recommended, currently only ongoing in Stallion Springs. The evacuation center for Stallion Springs will be Jacobsen Middle School located at 711 Anita Drive in Tehachapi. Other nearby communities are only under precautionary evacuation. If you need additional information please contact the Kern County Call Center at (661) 873-2680 or Kern County Information and Referral Services at 2-1-1.
The “John Fire” near Big Pine has grown to approximately 2,000 acres and was 15 percent contained as of 7 a.m. today, officials said. The fire began about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, originating about two miles south of Big Pine. Cal Fire reported the fire initially burned to the west, but a wind shift turned the fire toward the south and causing it to burn up and over Crater Mountain.
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