From rimoftheworld.net
Fires Consume a Total of 5,000 acres in Mountains
Update 1:45 PM
Running Springs - Combined fires now over 5,000 acres. According to witnesses, firefighters in Running Spring are making a stand at Hunsacker Drive to prevent the fire from spreading further eastward. The fire has reportedly spread down Highway 330 to within one-and-a-half miles of the City Creek Ranger Station. It is also burning up hill and up wind slowly toward Fredalba Trail and Smiley Park.
Reports indicate that more than half of the homes in Fedalba have burned. There are new reports of a large spot fire in the North Shore area of Lake Arrowhead. The 50 by 50 foot spot was contained by fire crews. An arson investigator is responding to the scene. A witness saw a red truck in the area near the Baptist Church shortly before the fire started.
The fire activity in the Running Springs area is continuing to challenge firefighters. The DC-10 Air Tanker has made two runs, dropping retardant ahead of the fire in order to slow its progress. Spot fires have been reported throughout the area. Areas to the south and west of Downtown Running Springs are the most threatened at this time, with active fire in many communities. To the west, patrols are being sent to the Cedar Glen area to scout how far west the fire is progressing.
According to a CHP officer, “most of Fredalba is up in flames.” Spot fires have been reported near Nob Hill. Tanker 910, the retardant-dropping DC-10 jet, has made its first drop over Running Springs for the day.
According to news reports most of Green Valley Lake is still standing, but many homed have burned. The fire is actively burning in and around the Running Springs area. Fire has been reported along Secret Drive and Encina Way. Homes have reportedly burned on Wagon Wheel Drive and at 31757 Hilltop Boulevard. 4 or 5 homes have burned on Easy Street. Highway 330 has flames burning on both sides of the roadway to the north and east of Live Oak Drive.
Structure protection for the Running Springs, Twin Peaks, and Lake Arrowhead areas are the priority, according reports from the US Forest Service. The fire complex has reportedly consumed about 4,000 acres and is 5% contained. Nearly 100 homes burned in the Running Springs area, bringing the total homes lost between 200 and 250 between Green Valley Lake and Twin Peaks – a number that is expected to grow as crews regain access to the Green Valley Lake area. There are reports of additional homes being lost in the Deep Creek and Palo Alto areas of Running Springs. Some air resources have been deployed to fight the fire this morning.
(scanner transcript from rimoftheworld.net
02:03 PM Source: scanner
imminent threat to Pali Camp at 30778 SR18; need an engine in here; I’ve already picked up one spot and it’s making a hard run at the camp itself.
01:56 PM Source: scanner From: CHP CAD
1:49PM PLS ADV FIRE, UNIT IS IFO 3101 OLD CITY CREEK RD//STRUCTURE JUST STARTING ON FIRE
01:50 PM Source: scanner
South Ops on the phone again want to steal the DC10 due to a power plant being threatened; Let them know that there is a direct threat to the communities of Running Springs and now Lake Arrowhead
01:47 PM Source: scanner
AA said that the fire from Green Valley Lake is running strong making a big push to Arrowhead and he believes it will make it there today. The fires is about 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 miles from Lake Arrowhead; it will bump the old burn, but there is still some fuel in there.
01:37 PM Source: scanner
County Roads working on Allview Drive at SR18
01:28 PM Source: scanner
{air to air discussion regarding rooms} “All the rooms have been taken by the evacuees.” “My mechanic already had a room and they tripled the price on him.”
01:26 PM Source: scanner
Boy Scout camp is evacuated
01:22 PM Source: scanner
1-1/2 miles from Station 38 at City Creek; slowly backing towards Fredalba Trail at Smiley Park
01:17 PM Source: scanner
fire is 1/2 mile from rimwood ranch below RS
01:16 PM Source: scanner
don’t take the 30 towards Highland - traffic jam
01:10 PM Source: scanner
“Community Meeting Planned for Highland”
01:04 PM Source: scanner
tanker 910 is 13 miles out
01:01 PM Source: eyewitness
From ROTW Google - Got an inside scoop that engines are holding a line on Hunsucker (industrial RS) to keep the fire from spreading east. My house is a couple lots behind this on West Dr. near Cove Circle. My neighborhood is okay at the moment. The neighborhood to the west of this behind the post office I believe was hit hard (Palo Alto, Whispering Pines, Secret, Encina, Deep Creek). Those roads are narrow, so I am sure they are doing the best they can.
12:57 PM Source: scanner
investigator on scene (USFS 12E5)
12:55 PM Source: scanner
50 x 50 spot, controlled (North Shore IC - Yellowstone at 173)
12:53 PM Source: scanner
preserve the point of origin - FS sending investigator (Yellowstone and 173)
12:52 PM Source: scanner
check the area behind the firestation on Oak Knoll
12:51 PM Source: scanner
suspicious circumstances - RP saw a red truck near the Baptist Church just before the fire started
12:48 PM Source: scanner
more houses burned than are not - at least 2 dozen on Fredalba - we’re not going down any lower because houses are still burning down there; 50 to 60% burned; it’s still boiling down in there; I don’t want to go down in there that far.
12:47 PM Source: scanner From: CHP CAD
12:42PM PER DUPE CALLERS - BRUSH AND STRUCTURES BURNING NOW YOSEMITE AT YELLOWSTONE AREA — FIRE 97
12:45 PM Source: scanner
big spot over the Lake Arrowhead area, on the north side (Air unit on Slide side reported seeing large column)
12:44 PM Source: scanner From: CHP CAD
SR18 AT RIM OF THE WORLD DR -11:50AM PER USFS, WILL NOT BE SENDING ENGINES TO SPECIFIC FIRES, THE ENGINES ARE ON “FREE MODE “ 11:49AM REAR BUILDING ON FIRE
12:43 PM Source: scanner
Wagon Wheel in Running Springs; Elderly female is at that location
12:42 PM Source: scanner
sounds like North Shore and Yosemite area
12:41 PM Source: scanner
Yellowstone and Yosemite; Zion and Lake Edge; Golden Rule and 173; all in the same area; response enroute
12:40 PM Source: scanner
multiple reports of fire in that same area, looks like a new one (Mt. Zion area)
12:39 PM Source: scanner From: CHP CAD
1382 YOSEMITE DR - 12:36PM RP SEES SMOKE IN TAVERN BAY AREA
12:38 PM Source: scanner From: CHP CAD
28739 ZION DR - House fire
12:37 PM Source: scanner
4 tankers ordered; we’re working on the slop over on the west side (Slide Air Attack discussion)