CA-BDF- Sheep 7,128 acres and is 90% contaned.

Sheep Firestorm - Wrightwood California
Credit: Mike Meadows

Sheep Fire Satellite Map and Fire Perimeters

The evacuation of Wrightwood was lifted at 1200hrs today. Highway 2 to Wrightwood was reopened at 1200hrs today. The evacuation center at the San Bernardino Fair Grounds has been closed. The Eishenhower High School Evacuation Center will remain open. T

Road Closures: The evacuation of Wrightwood was lifted at 1200hrs today. Highway 2 to Wrightwood was reopened at 1200hrs today.
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Update: 10-09-09 0800hrs - Sheep Fire: CA-BDF- Sheep 7,128 acres & 90% cont. Aggressive mop-up & fire suppression repair resulted large demobilization of resources.
Update: 10-08-09 0800hrs - Sheep CA BDF- 13278 SOCAL CIIMT Team #2 (Woychak) remains in command of the incident. Incident remains 7,128 acres and is 85 percent contained. Minimal fire activity and freezing temperatures were observed in the last operations period. The fire continues to smoldering in debris with some creeping. A"sheep fire" closure document has been approved limiting travel through and around the San Bernardino NF. The following road closures are in effect per San Bernardino national forest sheep fire closure area document and are listed as follows; Lytle creek road 3n06 is open up to end of pavement. Closure area begins at the south end of sheep canyon, then continues northwest to Mormon rocks, then continues west to circle mountain, then continues south to gobbler’s knob, then back to the starting point. 882 firefighters remain assigned. Included in closure is Forest rd 3no6, from the unpaved portion at the Lytle Creek shooting area, then west to its termination. Forest service rd 3n35. Pct from interstate 15 to San Bernardino national forest western boundary. These roads are closed except for owners or lessees of land within the area, permitted individuals, and any federal, state, or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or firefighting force in the performance of an official duty.

Update: 10-06-09 1800hrs -Sheep CA-BDF-13278 Incident is 7,128 acres and is 75% contained.
Minimal fire activity was observed today, with isolated torching of interior islands, creeping fire & smoldering.
The incident has been taken out of Unified Command. The projected containment date has been moved to 10/10/09 due to access and terrain difficulties.
There were four minor injuries reported this operational period. Continuing extensive mop-up of numerous heat sources. Total personnel assigned is 1,890.

Update: 10-06-09 0800hrs - Sheep CA-BDF-13278 Incident is 7,128 acres and is 32% contained. Due to favorable weather conditions, minimal fire activity was observed last night.

The evacuation of the community of Wrightwood is still in progress. Lone Pine Canyon Road and Highway 2 remain closed. As of 1900 hrs last night, Highway 138 was opened to the public. Lytle Creek was opened to residents only.

Road closures include Lone Pine Canyon Rd, Swarthout Canyon, and Highway 2. Evacuation centers include San Bernardino County Fair Grounds and Eisenhower High School.

The Damage Inspection Team has completed its final report. Acreage change is due to more accurate mapping. Total personnel assigned is 1,947.

Update: 10-05-09 1800hrs - Sheep CA-BDF-13278 Incident is 7,824 acres and 30% contained. Due to favorable weather conditions, minimal fire activity was observed today. The fire was mainly a creeping fire and smoldering.

The evacuation of the community of Wrightwood is still in progress.
Road closures include Lone Pine Canyon Rd, Swarthout Canyon, and Highway 2. Lone Pine Cyn Rd and Highway 2 remain closed. As of 1900 hrs today, Highway 138 was opened to the public. Lytle Creek was opened to residents only.

Unified Command continues with SOCAL IMT 2, San Bernardino County Fire Department and San Bernardino Sheriff. ICP is at Glen Helen Regional Park. A Damage Inspection Team is currently working on the incident. There were two minor injuries reported today. (1- minor burn & 1- minor hand injury) . Total personnel assigned is 1,715.

Evacuation centers include San Bernardino County Fair Grounds and Eisenhower High School. Large animals are being accommodated at the Victorville Fairgrounds and Small animals are being taken to Devore Animal Control.

Update: 10-05-09 0800hrs - Sheep CA-BDF-13278 Incident is 7,500 acres and 20% contained.
Extreme fire behavior with rapid rates of spread were observed during the night operations..
Firefighters are cautiously optimistic at this time about keeping the fire from burning into Wrightwood, in addition to the West Cajon Valley between I15 and Hwy 2. Crews are constructing direct fire line and numerous engine strike teams are in place for structure protection for the eastern portions of Wrightwood.
A community meeting was held last night for residents to learn more about the fire at the Lytle Creek Community Center. Another community meeting was also held at 8:00 PM at the Victorville Fairgrounds.
Current Weather Temp 35 degrees Humidity: 70% Wind NE with peak gusts of 6 MPH . Forecasted weather is temp. 56 degrees, humidity 18, wind speed of 10 with gusts to 20 from the SW. Total personnel assigned is 1,296.
Update: 0930hrs - Full evacuation of Wrightwood has been ordered.
Scanner transcription, "We've just been advised that we will be doing a full evacuation of the community of Wrightwood. Team 7 Everything East of Oak Street; Oak Street will be your western edge; everything south of Highway 2, east of Oak Street; Team 8 Division B going to have everything East of L street all the way over to Oak Street."
Update: 0900hrs - All of Wrightwood is under mandatory evacuations. Aircraft still grounded due to winds, Fire is un-contained.
Update: 0800hrs - 3,500 acres, 3 homes destroyed, Highway 138 and Highway 2 closed, 1 FF heat related injury yesterday.
Update: 0700hrs - Structure protection is on White 3 154.295., 55 engines enroute Code 3 to I-15 and 138 at the ICP.
Update: 0530 hrs - Fire is approximately 3500 acres @10% contained. Fire is buring is a mix of timber and chaparral. Fire is currently moving north to northwest from Swarthout Canyon to Highway 138.
Update: 1600+acres SoCal Team 2 (Woychak) has been activated for the fire.
Update: 10-5-09 0400hrs - Fire has exploded. - Fire has hit the trigger point for Wrightwood. Mandatory evacuations have been ordered and reverse 911 is in progress.
Update: : Structures reported threatened in Lytle Creek with approximately 100 residents being asked to evacuate.

Location:
ICP: CA-BDF- Sheep ICP138 and Highway 15
Initial Sizeup: Medium brush with a potential for 4000 acres - Swarthout Canyon Lytle creek area San Bernardino County.
Resources: 34 handcrews, 125 engines, 4 dozers, 9 water tenders.
Ground:
Air: Aircraft - on deck this morning, 6 helicopters and 11 airtankers (including the DC-10 and the Martin Mars).
Comms: Command BDF Local, NIFC Tac 1, NIFC Tac 2