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Saturday, August 25, 2007

Is the ZACA dead? - Cost to date: $101 million dollars

Edit: Now tagged at $103 million dollars
UPDATED: HMS 2007-08-21; Thermal MODIS: 2007-08-25 2335 (GMT); Fire Perimeters 2007-08-25; Sit Reports 2007-08-25

Editors update: Spoke too soon? A few hours later the interior islands really lit up on the sat maps but so far she's holding...

Success on the $101 million dollar Zaca 2 Fire looks very promising apparently the strategies employed by Fire Command have succeed, this mornings GeoMac showed no recent burning except for small areas within interior islands of fuel, this afternoon the burned area was even older and holding steady and the narrative on the latest Inciweb Announcement

"Live Oak Zone: The Management strategy has succeeded. Richardson Zone: High on ability to anchor and hold on Sierra Madre Ridge toward Hwy 33 and moderate from Pine Mtn. summit toward Ozena. Moderate on West perimeter".

Seems very promising that the Zaca Fire 2 perimeter shown here will be the final perimeter

ZACA FIRE PERIMETERS - 2007-08-25
UPDATED: HMS 2007-08-21; Thermal MODIS: 2007-08-25 1839 (GMT); Fire Perimeters 2007-08-25; Sit Reports 2007-08-25

UPDATED: HMS 2007-08-21; Thermal MODIS: 2007-08-25 1839 (GMT); Fire Perimeters 2007-08-25; Sit Reports 2007-08-25

UPDATED: HMS 2007-08-21; Thermal MODIS: 2007-08-25 1839 (GMT); Fire Perimeters 2007-08-25; Sit Reports 2007-08-25 Acres Burned: 238,968 acres Acreage Increase (last 12 hours): 2732 acres Fireline to Build: 6 miles Date Started: July 4, 2007 at 10:53 am Percent Contained: 83 percent Expected Containment: September 7, 2007 Injuries: 40 Structures Threatened: 66 Structures Destroyed: 1 outbuilding Cost to date: $101 million dollars

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Saturday, August 25, 2007

Is the ZACA dead? - Cost to date: $101 million dollars

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