(Originally published at 8:42 a.m. PDT July 19, 2020)
Map showing heat detected by satellites on the Badger Fire in northern California at 3:48 a.m. PDT July 19, 2020.
Two wildfires that merged about three miles north of Yreka, California are prompting evacuations in some areas west of Highway 263. The Humbug and Badger Fires, near Badger Mountain Road and Hawkinsville Humbug Road, are now identified as the Badger Fire.
The last size estimate released by CAL FIRE Saturday evening was 350 acres, but growth during the night could have added hundreds more. As you can see on the map above it is about 50/50 on the Klamath National Forest and state protected land.
Badger Fire at 8:47 a.m. PDT July 19, 2020.
The Badger Fire was reported Saturday July 19 according to the CAL FIRE Siskiyou Unit, but the agency’s fire information page lists it as starting July 18, which may have been the start date of the Humbug Fire which was the first of the two reported.
Badger Fire July 19, 2020. CAL FIRE photo.Badger Fire July 19, 2020. CAL FIRE photo.
Two people running from a fire were rescued by the Deputy
The truck that ignited and started a new fire near the Knolls Fire in Utah County, Utah south of Provo June 28, 2020. Screenshot from video by Utah County Sheriff’s Office.
A Sheriff’s deputy was honored Wednesday for saving the lives of two people who were threatened by a fire that ignited when their truck got stuck near the Knolls Fire south of Provo, Utah.
On June 28, 2020 at about 9 p.m. Utah County Deputy Sheriff John Thomas saw the new fire and two people running from it. One was badly burned and was flown to a hospital after being rescued by Deputy Thomas.
It turns out that during an attempt to cut a fence to bypass a road closed by the Knolls Fire, their truck got stuck and leaked gas which ignited and started the fire south of Saratoga Springs on State Road 68.
Deputy Thomas saved their lives.
The video provides more details. Footage of the incident begins at about 1:20.
Thanks and a tip of the hat go out to Bill. Typos or errors, report them HERE.
And speaking of rescues on a wildfire, here is another one:
Over the last two days the primary growth of the Neiber Fire 13 miles south-southeast of Worland, Wyoming has been to the southeast, pushed by winds out of the northwest. The map above shows the predicted wind direction for Friday.
Neiber Fire map showing heat detected by satellites as late as 1 p.m. MDT July 16, 2020.
Thursday evening information from the Type 3 Incident Management Team indicated it had burned 17,545 acres of private and BLM managed land, an increase of almost 10,000 acres in two days.
The Neiber Fire is spreading through brush and short grass and is threatening facilities in the Murphy Dome Oil Field.
(Originally published at 7:10 p.m. MDT July 15, 2020)
The map shows heat detected on the Neiber Fire by satellites at 2:06 p.m. MDT July 15, 2020.
In the 24 hours since the Neiber Fire was reported Tuesday afternoon, by 4 p.m. Wednesday it had grown to 7,800 acres according to the Bureau of Land Management. The fire is in Pistol Draw .
A Type 3 Incident Management Team has been ordered. The firefighters on the ground, including the Palouse hand crew from Idaho and the Black Hats from South Dakota, are being assisted by a DC-10 very large air tanker, large air tankers, single engine air tankers, and helicopters.
We will update this article as more information becomes available.
Fires in southwest Utah. Data from fixed wing mapping flights around 8 p.m. MDT July 14, 2020.
Three large wildfires are burning in southwest Utah.
At least one home has burned in the 2,618-acre Veyo West Fire which is very close to Veyo, Utah and 18 miles northwest of St George, Utah.
A BAe-146 air tanker drops on the Turkey Farm Road Fire. @UtahWildfire photo.
The Turkey Farm Road Fire was very active Tuesday and was mapped at 11,993 acres Tuesday night. A Type 2 Incident Management Team has been mobilized. The fire is 3 miles north of St George.
Law enforcement officials are asking for help in identifying the individuals who started the fire with fireworks.
The 4,000-acre Big Summit Fire started July 13 about 17 miles northeast of Panaca, Nevada and burned into Utah. It is 10 miles north of Modena, Utah and 61 miles northwest of St George, Utah. No structures have burned in either state. Evacuations were in effect July 14.
The Elephant Butte Fire, July 13, 2020. Photo by Jason Hamburg, park ranger with Jefferson County Open Space. It was taken from his fire lookout position on Jenkins Peak, looking south toward Elephant Butte.
Firefighters are making progress on the Elephant Butte Fire burning on steep terrain two miles northwest of Evergreen Lake, Colorado. The update from the Jefferson County Sheriff Tuesday morning indicated the fire had not grown overnight and was still 50 acres.
The Mineral Fire spread incrementally to the north Tuesday and Tuesday night. Most of the additional growth was on the south side adjacent to highway 198 which may be a firing operation by firefighters to tie it in with the highway.
The fire started Monday afternoon and is seven miles west of Coalinga, California and 29 miles east of King City.
Map of the Mineral Fire. The red line was the perimeter mapped by a fixed wing aircraft at 7:45 p.m. PDT July 14, 2020. The red dots represent heat detected by a satellite at 3:24 a.m. PDT July 15, 2020.
An update from CAL FIRE Wednesday morning said the fire had burned 11,000 acres and evacuations were still in place.
CAL FIRE’s new format for updating citizens about ongoing fires contains much less information than previous versions.
A very small amount of smoke is visible from the distant ridge where the Mineral Fire is burning. Ground fog is visible in the foreground. Looking NE from Rocky Butte at 7:24 a.m. PDT July 15, 2020 AlertWildfire.
(Originally published at 6:41 p.m. PDT July 14, 2020)
3-D map of the APPROXIMATE location of the Mineral Fire, based on heat detected by a satellite at 1:24 p.m. PDT July 14, 2020.
The Mineral Fire, reported at about 3:30 p.m. July 13, is burning in a remote area 7 miles west of Coalinga, California east of King City. So far it has remained north of Highway 198 and is on both sides of S. Coalinga-Mineral Springs Road.
Evacuations are in progress.
Our very, very unofficial estimate of the size of the fire, based on heat detected by a satellite at 1:24 p.m. MDT July 14, 2020, puts it at approximately 6,500 acres.
Map showing heat detected by a satellite on the Mineral Fire at 1:24 p.m. PDT July 14, 2020.Mineral Fire looking west-southwest at 3:42 p.m. PDT July 14, 2020. AlertWildfire.Mineral Fire looking northeast at 3:42 p.m. PDT July 14, 2020. AlertWildfire.
The video below posted Tuesday morning shows very active fire behavior, including numerous spot fires out ahead of the main fire.
