CA-SHF- Lime Fire - Wildland Fire - 130,936 acres, 65%

Lime Fire - Updated - 130,936 acres, 65% Contained - Growth Potential - Extreme

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Basic Information
Incident Type - Wildland Fire
Cause - Lightning
Date of Origin - Friday June 20th, 2008 aprox 04:50 PM
Location - 5 MILES SOUTH OF HYAMPOM
Incident Commander - Dugger Hughes
GPS Location- 40.534 latitude, -123.451 longitude

Current Situation
Total Personnel - 1,592
Size - 130,936 acres
Percent Contained - 65%
Estimated Containment Date - Friday August 15th, 2008 aprox 12:00 AM

Fuels Involved - 10 Timber (litter and understory) 4 Chaparral(6 Feet)

Fire Behavior - Night time movement was creeping and torching with some downslope due to diurnal winds. Occasional torching.

Significant Events -
Miners Fire - Crews continued burning and holding line on the west and south sides of the Miners Fire. On the east side of the fire crews have worked to contain a slopover and to improve the contingency line in preparation of the burnout.
Lime Fire - A motor home burned near Friends Place in the upper Plummer Creek area. On the Lime fire crews put in handline around structures at Friend's Place and began to burn out around the west side of the structures to support the handline. Crews continued to work on stopping the Lime Fire's spread to the south and east by preparing an indirect contingency line for burning.
Yellow Fire - Crews continued structure protection to the south of the Yellow Fire, and continued with direct attack, anchoring in on slopover to the south of Gilead Creek.
Vinegar Fire - Crews made good progress on the north side of the Vinegar Fire holding and improving direct and indirect line.

Outlook/Planned Actions
Miners Fire - Crews continue to burnout dozer and handline from Sims Gap and Hyampom Road and to finish firing the indirect line from DP19 south. Engines continue structure protection along HYampom Road.
Lime - Structure protection will remain in place on the Lime Fire in the Hidden Valley and Friend Lake area. Line preparation continues for planned burnout operations along the eastern and southern flanks of the fire. The Alpha Company is assisting with holding line on the Lime Fire.
Yellow Fire - Personnel are working on a plan of using indirect line along the wilderness boundary to keep the Yellow Fire from moving outside the wilderness.
Vinegar Fire - Direct and indirect attack on the Vinegar Fire will continue.
Noble Fire and Slide Fire - Bravo Company and the National Guard Units will work on mopping up burning interior dozer piles on the Noble Fire and Slide Fires.

Growth Potential - Extreme
Terrain Difficulty - Extreme

Remarks

The Cost breakdown:
Lime Complex = $32,581,328
Yolla Bolly Complex = $2,211,682.

Fire acreage, containment percentage and target date:

1. Miners Fire -18980ac-55%-8/15,
2. Lime Fire -17259ac-50%-8/15,
3. Yellow Fire - 21797ac-0%-8/15,
4. Vinegar Fire - 34112ac(MNF: 13155ac, SHF: 20857ac)-30%-8/15,
5. Trough Fire - 3690ac-100%,
6. Telephone Fire - 6569ac-100%,
7. Noble Fire - 12870ac (SHF:5245, CalFire:7625ac)-100%(on SHF),
8. Deadshot Fire - 1070ac-100%,
9. Slide - 1547ac-100%,
10. Deerlick Fire - 11022ac(SHF:797ac, CalFire: 10225ac)-100% (only Shasta Trinity NF acreage counted)
11. Grouse Fire - 1440ac-100%.

Total Complex Acreage: 130,936.
Total SHF acres: 75,871ac.
Total MNF acres: 36,783ac.
Total Forest Service Acreage: 112,653.
Total CalFire acres: 18,283ac.

200 National Guard Personnel continue to assist with suppresion efforts.

Weather
Current Wind Conditions 6 mph NW
Current Temperature 70 degrees
Current Humidity 36 %

Contact:
Incident Phone: (530) 226-2500 ext. 2
Shasta - Trinity National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
3644 Avtech Parkway
Redding, CA 96002