CA-LPF- Lockwood - 20 acres in Timber - 50%

Update: 1745 - The District Ranger is reporting the fire is laying down. As the photos show the fire is burning in timber. A spot fire about a quarter mile to the south was cooled down with water drops and crews were able to take care of that.
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Update: 1735 - Mt. Pinos District Forest Ranger Tom Kuekes reports that the fire's spread has been stopped and the fire is 50% contained within a burn area of 20 acres.
Update: 1700 - approx 30 acres, No injuries have been reported.
Update: 1615 - IC report approx 25 acres and 50% contained.
CHP officers stopped traffic on Lockwood Valley Road as a wildfire moved northwest into a stand of pine trees.
. Update: 1545 - Approximately 20 to 30 acres have burned, according to Mt. Pinos District Forest Ranger Tom Kuekes. "So far, the fire has laid down pretty good. We have two dozers on-scene that will work to get some line built. Two air tankers are on the way and two helicopters—one from Ventura County and one from Santa Barbara—are now providing water drops," Kuekes said.
Update: 1400 - WJF (Fox) Airtanker Base being opened for reload.
Tanker 17 currently just north of the Tohono O' Odham Reservation.
Tanker 00 currently approaching the NM/AZ stateline.
Copter 301 from CA-RRU requested.
Update: 1300 - Lockwood IC reports 10 acres in PJ and Sage.
IA: 1229 - LP Wildcad reporting one mile west of Chuchupate on Lockwood Valley Rd. near Frazier Park Road
IC: Lockwood IC - LPF - U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Battalion Chief John Abell is the Incident Commander.
Location: Lockwood Alley / Frazier Park Road area, Lockwood Valley about a half mile west of Chuchupate ranger station.
Initial sizeup: 1215 - 3 acres in Timber.
Resources: Assisting agencies included Kern County Fire Department, Ventura County Fire Department, Santa Barbara County Fire Department, USFS personnel from Angeles National Forest, California Highway Patrol and Kern County Sheriff's Department.
Second alarm resources enroute.
Aircraft Assigned:
ASM Bravo 5
VNC Copter 6
SBC Copter 308
Tanker 00 from New Mexico
Tanker 17 from Arizona
AT 00 and 17 requested and coming from out of region.
Santa Barbara County fire H-308 responding to 10 acre fire in lockwood valley and Chucapate area.
2 Additional Air Tankers: Tanker 27 enroute from Chico, CA. Tanker 55 requested from Minden, NV.
BDU sent a crew ST that way earlier today
Weather: Chuchupate RAWS reporting 69 degrees, 17% RH and clam winds
Sanner/Streaming audio: http://216.66.69.100:3072/listen.pls (Winamp)
Additional info: The Mountain Enterprise spoke with Bob Stowell who, while driving westbound on Lockwood Valley Road before 12:30 p.m., observed smoke and flames to the south side of the highway. Stowell had to drive further to the west in order to get a cell phone signal where he reported the fire at 12:31 p.m. While parked he says he observed someone walking near the fire area, and then observed a late model beige Ford F-250 truck leaving the fire area and driving east on Lockwood Valley Road toward Lake of the Woods.

Stowell says he drove into the area where the truck had emerged, to see whether anyone else was in the area. He saw a tent, an ice chest with a lot of beer cans and litter strewn around the makeshift campsite.

Compiled from info sources:
mountainenterprise.com - Link
Wildland Hotlist - Link
Photos: Mountain Enterprise - Gary Meyer photo; below, Linda Curtis photo