Lightning strikes in Northern California have triggered a number of small fires the last 24 hours, including in Siskiyou County. Below is information from InciWeb on fires in the Klamath National Forest. The last update took place on Saturday morning. The website can be found at inciweb.org/state/5/. "In the last 24 hours, Northern California took about 1,400 lightning strikes, with about half of them happening in Siskiyou County yesterday afternoon/evening. KNF Fires Lime fire – 3-4 acres, southwest of Cottonwood Peak. Two helitack and eight smokejumpers were working on it yesterday evening (26-July). Happy Camp Crew 2 (20 people) is heading there today to replace the 10 personnel currently there. Terrain is steep, brushy, rocky. Crews are making good progress. Michigan fire – on Goosenest Mountain, ¼ acre, staffed, making good progress. Cheyne fire - spot fire, now controlled. Box fire – near Box Camp Saddle, about 100 yards into the Marble Mountain Wilderness. One acre, staffed, crews making good progress, more resources headed their way to help. Cottonwood - handled by CAL FIRE Weather predictions call for a small chance of thunderstorms again today, mostly centered in Siskiyou and Modoc Counties, closer to the Oregon border this time. Cooler, drier, windier conditions will follow. Two air patrols will fly today, and all the lookouts are up. Holdover fires are likely. Additional resources from other units will “stage” on the KNF in anticipation of more fires. Needs are being met by north State firefighting resources so far."
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 21:53:32 +0000
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