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Friday, August 3, 2007

California Major Fires quick look Elk Complex - 17,284 acres ZACA Fire - 38,400 Acres

California Major Fires Morning Update:

Incident: Elk Complex fires -17,284 acres 84%
Released: 9 min. ago

ELK FIRE COMPLEX UPDATE - August 3, 2007

Total Complex Acreage: 17,284 acres Incident Resources: 698 personnel

Total Complex Containment: 84% Cost to Date: $17,700,000 Injuries to Date (minor): 16 Fatalities to Date: 1

Expected Full Containment: 8/05/2007

Complex Fire Details

Of the thirty identified fires in the Elk Complex, 25 are 100% contained. The contained fires will continue to be monitored, patrolled and staffed as necessary. The remaining five fires are as follows:

Incident: ZACA Wildland Fire -38,400 Acres

ZACA Update - Friday August 3

Location: 15 miles northeast of Buellton, Santa Barbara County

Joint Unified Incident Management Teams: Los Padres National Forest and Santa Barbara County Fire Dept

Start Date & Report Time: July 4, 2007 at 10:53 AM

Acres: 38,400 Acres

Percent Containment: 70 percent

Estimated Containment September 7, 2007

Resources: Hand Crews: 40; Dozers: 11; Engines: 29; Water Tenders: 27; Helicopters: 7-Type 1, 6-Type 2 and 3-Type 3; Air Tankers: 8 on order; Air Attack: 2; Total Personnel: 1,494; Injuries: 12; Structures Threatened: 14; Fireline-to-Build: 15 miles; Estimated Cost-to-Date: $42.8 million

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AnonymousFriday, August 03, 2007 2:25:00 PM
The latest vis sat pic show the Zaca Fire is capping out once again. The fire is making some major runs, hope everyone is staying safe as it's off an running hard again.

Here's site to see todays smoke plumes:

http://newweb.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/
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Friday, August 3, 2007

California Major Fires quick look Elk Complex - 17,284 acres ZACA Fire - 38,400 Acres

Incident: ZACA Wildland Fire -38,400 Acres

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