500 acre fire this morning
on the Tule Indian Reservation
in tall grass & brush
Visalia Times-Delta - www.visaliatimesdelta.com -: "About 120 firefighters are battling a fire discovered this morning on the Tule River Indian Reservation.on the Tule Indian Reservation
in tall grass & brush
The fire in Gibbon Canyon, about 13 miles east of Porterville and south of Reservation Road, was discovered about 5:30 a.m., said Steve Phillips, who manages the National Forest Service-run dispatch center that provides emergency communications for the reservation.
He said the fire, which had burned about 10 acres by 9:30 a.m., was in a steep, mountainous area with grass and brush. Fire crews from the reservation’s fire department, the Forest Service and CAL FIRE were fighting the blaze on the ground while a helicopter and two airplanes were dropping water and fire-retardant material on the flames.
Fire officials in Tulare County have said brush in the foothills is unusually dry, and the risk of fires spreading fast is high. Phillips said no structures on the reservation are threatened by the flames."
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