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The firing operation on the Indians fire along the Arroyo Seco drainage is almost complete. Now some of their resources are concentrating on putting in indirect lines out ahead of the Basin Complex, for their purposes, being called Basin Complex East. Dozers have already completed approximately 6 miles (as the crow flies) of line north of the Indians fire, from the Arroyo Seco drainage north along the east boundary of the Los Padres National Forest.

On the south side of the Basin Complex, Hot Shot crews from the Indians fire are constructing hand line on the west side of the Indians fire, and south of the Basin Complex, between the Indians fire and a ridgetop dozer line. A shitload of dozer line has already been completed along that ridge and other ridges south of the Basin Complex. Some of them simply involved improving lines used on the Marble Cone and other fires, 10 to 30 years ago. If they can tie that main ridgetop dozer line off with another dozer line towards the west to the ocean, which they are working on, and then fire and hold these lines (a big if) they could hem in the south side of the Basin Complex.

Hot Shot crews and dozers from the Basin Complex West are working south of the fire putting in line from the North Coast Ridge Road to Rock Slide Peak.

I used old fashioned tools called “pens” to create this very sophisticated map to illustrate the above. Click on it to see a larger version.

Photo, Pam Balazer, USFS
Map, Bill Gabbert

From the U.S. Forest Service, Shasta-T. fires only, updated at 8 p.m., June 28:

Lime Complex Incident Command Post is at Hayfork, CA. Evacuations are in effect for the Platina area due to the Noble Fire, and in Wildwood due to the Telephone Fire. This complex includes about 79 fires ranging from small spots to fires over 9,000 acres. Hyampom continues to be threatened by fires. The Yolla Bolly Wilderness is closed.

Iron Complex Incident Command Post is at Junction City , CA . The Canyon Creek area and Helena remain under an evacuation order due to activity on the Eagle Fire. Slattery Pond is still under a voluntary evacuation. The Iron Complex is now managing 21 fires with some over 7,000 acres. The Ironsides and Don Juan fires have grown together.

Alps Complex – Fifteen fires (formerly part of Iron Complex) totaling 2,445 acres are assigned to a new Management Team. Most fires are in the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area. The Buckhorn Fire has backed down to a dozer line at the private Brooks Ranch.

On Friday, a Pennsylvania family in Yellowstone National Park was shrewdly standing right next to a mature bull bison, posing for pictures, when the bison, having had enough of that crap, flipped a 12-year-old boy 10 feet into the air. Witnesses said the boy was within 1-2 feet of the bison despite repeated warnings from other visitors.

The boy was not gored by the bison’s horns, but had some abrasions caused by hitting the ground following his airborne adventure. Since he complained of abdominal pain, he was flown to a medical center in Idaho Falls.

This becomes the third time Wildfire Today has used the word “idiot” as a label for a post.