Fire in Calaveras County

[Sierra57]

There is a fire along Parrots Ferry Rd. that started north of the bridge. It has gone to 1,000 acres in about 3 hours with no containment. There is a lot of brush and grass in that area with some oaks and Digger Pines. That thing has the potential to get really big. Unfortunately, it will pull resources away from other fires.

https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/lo...ar-bridge.html

[JagerDog]

Dayum.

Gonna call a coupe friends up that way.

[Cali-Glock]

Originally Posted by Sierra57

There is a fire along Parrots Ferry Rd. that started north of the bridge. It has gone to 1,000 acres in about 3 hours with no containment. There is a lot of brush and grass in that area with some oaks and Digger Pines. That thing has the potential to get really big. Unfortunately, it will pull resources away from other fires.

https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/lo...ar-bridge.html

0 to 1,000 acres in about 3 hours?! That is bad.

From the Caldor fire thread:

Originally Posted by user120312

Ah, I've never tried that site, I see what you mean. I've been using direct GOES satellite info and/or mapping apps that collate GOES and Viirs/Modis imagery and reported fire data. Interesting site though, will add and explore, thanks.
ETA, ruh roh, just spotted another one down near Sonora/Angels Camp and New Melones reservoir. Added fire history and structures to the map. Oh, my.
https://sartopo.com/map.html#ll=38.0...2Cwxd_wgust-01
Picture of early start from Sonora fire cam....
https://i.imgur.com/sOoWMYc.png

Hope they don't dawdle on it. Update, air assets are all over it...

[Cali-Glock]

It is radar or something, so who knows (someone other than me) what it really means, but it looks alarming.

[user120312]

http://beta.alertwildfire.org/region...xis-SonoraWest
Looks like the air assets knocked it down, the last hour time-lapse shows some smoke but not aggressive. However, this could be how the Caldor fire went, it popped up, they painted it, left it and it sat and stewed and then exploded. Fire path appears to be a few old burn scars and fresh meat and a river canyon so hopefully it won't go like that.

[Preston-CLB]

The header from the Airola Fire in Calaveras county is clearly visible from my house. It's pumping a lot of smoke.

Aircraft are hitting it hard. Fortunately, the Columbia Air Attack Base is a very short flight to the fire.

It does look like it's calmed down a bit. Hopefully it will lay down tonight to give the ground crews a fighting chance.

I pray the fire stays in Calaveras. If it jumps the New Melones Lake, things would get dicey for Columbia.
-P

[Wheelin4]

1000 acres of grass in 3 hours is pretty normal up here. Early air resources are being sent home and the VLAT was cancelled. Sounds like they are on top of it.

[Sierra57]

Originally Posted by Wheelin4

1000 acres of grass in 3 hours is pretty normal up here. Early air resources are being sent home and the VLAT was cancelled. Sounds like they are on top of it.

It's not just grass. There is a lot of brush on those hills along Parrots Ferry. Most of the trees in that area are oaks, along with some buckeyes and pines.

I saw they had air tankers from Santa Rosa and Hollister to go along with the 2 in Columbia. I'm not sure what other planes they had there, if any.

[Sierra57]

Originally Posted by Preston-CLB

The header from the Airola Fire in Calaveras county is clearly visible from my house. It's pumping a lot of smoke.

Aircraft are hitting it hard. Fortunately, the Columbia Air Attack Base is a very short flight to the fire.

It does look like it's calmed down a bit. Hopefully it will lay down tonight to give the ground crews a fighting chance.

I pray the fire stays in Calaveras. If it jumps the New Melones Lake, things would get dicey for Columbia.
-P

Fortunately it has not been very hot here the last few days, so hopefully they will get some good fire lines around it tonight.

[Wheelin4]

Originally Posted by Sierra57

Fortunately it has not been very hot here the last few days, so hopefully they will get some good fire lines around it tonight.

Been listening to the scanner. Sounds like they are in good shape going overnight. . .

[Jeff213]

Anyone know how close the fire is getting to melones?

[user120312]

Originally Posted by Jeff213

Anyone know how close the fire is getting to melones?

If you know where the 2013 Bridges fire was or know where Parrot's Ferry road curves away from the reservoir and translate to the opposite side, that the general location of where GOES is currently showing, in the last 10 minutes anyway, the hottest part of the fire. Modis and Viirs haven't picked it up yet. The wind is currently blowing out of the north. Here's a blowup of the current data, of course subject to change.

[Sierra57]

Originally Posted by user120312

If you know where the 2013 Bridges fire was or know where Parrot's Ferry road curves away from the reservoir and translate to the opposite side, that the general location of where GOES is currently showing, in the last 10 minutes anyway, the hottest part of the fire. Modis and Viirs haven't picked it up yet. The wind is currently blowing out of the north. Here's a blowup of the current data, of course subject to change.

Oh great. The wind pattern shows the smoke blowing directly from the fire to our place about 12 miles to the SE. We don't smell any smoke yet, but it is bound to settle during the night. It is only an annoyance to me, but my wife has bad asthma.

Preston CLB is only 2-3 south of the fire. I wonder if he is getting smoked out yet.

[xrMike]

Is it anywhere near Arnold, or burning in that direction? Got a cabin there. Thanks.

[user120312]

Good news, apparently their efforts late yesterday helped settle things overnight, very little heat this morning.

BTW, the mapping tool I use and post in threads has a cool measuring tool that with a couple clicks one can estimate distances between points pretty accurately. It might be off a bit in steep terrain but provides a general indication.

In the case of Arnold, it's a bit over 14 miles from the fire site.

[Preston-CLB]

Looking from my place this morning, the fire has really laid down--not much smoke showing. Wind is from the south, and very light right now.

The fire is WNW of my place. Smoke was sorta nasty at 2200 last night, but just a hint this morning.

The air attack yesterday was very effective--they hit it hard.

Update from local news this morning: 700 Ac and 10% contained.

We'll see what today brings.
-P

[Lance-W]

The little red dots are hotspots.


The link takes you to the Caldor fire but you can move and zoom from there


https://napsg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/w...T0d3kktHdsYDeQ

[Sierra57]

I don't see any smoke in the direction of the fire. Flightradar24 shows a helicopter and an OV-10 spotter plane over the fire, and that's it.

[Pinto]

Latest from Calaveras OES - Thursday August 26, 2021, 6:42 PM

Advisory: Airola Fire update from OES

RELEASE DATE: ​​August 26, 2021
RELEASE TIME: ​​IMMEDIATE
CONTACT:​​​John K. Osbourn M.A. - Director, Office of Emergency Services

AIROLA FIRE UPDATE

The Airola Fire is now currently at 700 acres and is 25% contained.

Evacuation Orders:
As of 8pm this evening, all Evacuation Orders issued for the Airola Fire will be downgraded to an Evacuation Warning. All other Evacuation Warnings will remain in place.

Please refer to the Evacuation Order and Warnings Map on our Community Information page https://calaveras-gis.maps.arcgis.co...63349d49eb0a85 under the Evacuation Tab.

Road Closures will re-open at 8pm this evening
At 8pm tonight, Parrotts Ferry Rd. from Highway 4 to the South County line will re-open.
PG&E have re-energized the Parrotts Ferry area.
As the public begins to repopulate, please remain vigilant
and watch for fire crews and utility resources on roadways.

For more information on what to expect and look for after a wildfire, go to https://www.readyforwildfire.org/pos...er-a-wildfire/

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