Monday, September 6, 2010

CA-BTU-WINDY- wildland fire - Windy Fire Ca-BTU is 120 acres and 85% contained

CA-BTU-WINDY - Wildland Fire Incident - 
Situation update
9-08-10 1900-Windy Fire [Update] north of Hwy 32 in the Deer Creek drainage (Tehama County) is now 85% contained at 125 acres. Containment lines holding with no fire spread. 
9-07-10 0900- Windy Fire Ca-BTU is 150 acres and 25% contained. Fire made several runs yesterday with spotting. Expecting moderate SW winds today with poor RH recovery today on the fire. With sufficient resources the management strategy should succeed by 09/08/2010
Acres Burned: 150
Containment: 25%
Sit Notes: Windy IC is a BTU fire Mostly an air show right now due to terrain. fire appears to be backing down into Deer Creek canyon with AA working fire hard right up to dark.
Updates:
1740hrs- IC did state that as long as the winds do not develop tonight, they should be able to hold it between 100-120 acres.
1630hrs - Smoke column is really getting dark and much bigger
Date/Time Started: September 6, 2010 12:00 pm
Administrative Unit: /IC: CAL FIRE Butte Unit - Fire is in the LNF but it is also in the BTU Direct Protection Area (DPA), hence they are responsible for the fire.

Location: (Tehama County). West of Windy Cut, off Hwy 32 at Windy Point and the "K Line", 6 miles Northwest of Butte Meadows. Windy Cut (an old FS lookout site along Hwy 32)
GPS: MODIS: Latitude: 40.162 x Longitude: -121.612
Windy Cut: 40.161255,-121.577461
(Staging) is here:
40.15227, -121.59025
K-line is here:
40.16181, -121.62445
Staging: K-line X Highway 32
Communications: 
Command - Butte Support 154.4150,.
Air Attack on 166.675 with
AG on 151.220.
Ground tacs NIFC T2 168.200
Fuels/Terrain/Behavior: Was almost caught early this afternoon but winds picked up with spotting and some torching and air tankers recalled.
Online scanners: - thenet411.net / scancal.org

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