Fire on a steep slope above Brisbane, California south of San Francisco. Screenshot from ABC7 video.
A wildfire that started around 11 a.m. has burned approximately 10 acres on a steep north-facing slope near Brisbane, California south of San Francisco. It is burning under high-voltage power lines, but there is no official word on the cause.
Approximate location of the new wildfire near Brisbane, south of San Francisco. The 3-D map is looking south; on the other photo, north is up. It’s burning on a steep, north slope below power lines. Attacked by engines, CAL FIRE helicopter, and CAL FIRE S-2 air tanker. <10 acres pic.twitter.com/JEf16qd86u
The fire is burning on both sides of Highway 140 that leads to Yosemite National Park
UPDATED at 1:53 p.m. PDT Oct. 8, 2019
The Briceburg Fire as seen from the Mt. Bullion camera near Mariposa, CA at 1:50 p.m. PDT Oct. 8, 2019.
Activity on the Briceburg Fire north of Mariposa, California, increased after noon when the smoke column broke through the inversion.
9:31 a.m. PDT October 8, 2019
The Briceburg Fire as seen from the Bullion camera near Mariposa, CA at 7:10 a.m. PDT Oct. 8, 2019.Map showing heat detected on the Briceburg Fire at 3:42 a.m. PDT October 8, 2019. It had become well established inside the Sierra National Forest.
The map above shows heat detected by a satellite on the Briceburg Fire at 3:42 a.m. Tuesday. It indicates growth on the north and east sides, some of which could be firing operations by firefighters to stop the spread.
CAL FIRE is reported at about 9 a.m. PDT Tuesday morning that it has burned 800 acres. Our very, very rough unofficial estimate leads us to believe that with the firing operation it could be twice that size.
The fire is on both sides of Highway 140 just west of the Sierra National Forest 12 air miles southwest of the El Portal entrance to Yosemite, 7 miles north of Mariposa, and one mile west of the Sierra National Forest. At 6:46 a.m. PDT Highway 140 was closed in the Briceburg area.
The fire has burned 6,155 acres south of Salida, Colorado
Above: The west side of the Decker Fire, October 5, 2019. InciWeb.
11:44 a.m. MDT October 6, 2019
Even though the Decker Fire south of Salida, Colorado is not a full suppression fire, quite a bit of fireline has been constructed on the perimeter. However, Mark Giacoletto’s Type 1 Incident Management Team reports that only 5 percent of the fire is contained.
(To see all articles on Wildfire Today about the Decker Fire, including the most recent, click here.)
Most of the recent fire activity has occurred on the west side (see map below). Over the last two days the fire has grown by 331 acres, bringing the total to 6,155 acres.
The photo at the top of the article shows that portions of the fire on the west side are creeping into stands of Aspen, which can slow the spread considerably.
Map showing the perimeter of the Decker Fire (in red) at 10:08 p.m. MDT Oct. 5, 2019. The white line was the perimeter about 48 hours before.
Residents may see more smoke in the area Monday as fire managers burn out some areas on the east side. The objective is to remove fuel and slow the spread of the main fire. The aerial ignition operation will be conducted from a helicopter.
Resources assigned to the fire include: 23 hand crews, 28 engines, 3 dozers, 6 helicopters, 3 fixed wing aircraft, and 10 water tenders for a total of 806 personnel.
There is now an interactive map available for the Decker Fire at https://arcg.is/1zPGWH. It will allow you to enter your address to see your location relative to the fire, it provides a measuring tool to measure distance, and can give hunters information related to forest closures. The fire perimeter on the map will be updated once a day.
The map shows heat detected on the Cattle Fire by a satellite at 3:48 a.m. PDT Oct. 5, 2019.
Updated at 10:52 a.m. PDT October 5, 2019
A new fire that ignited overnight 9 miles northeast of Bakersfield, California has forced the closure of State Highway 178. The fire, named Cattle Fire, is just inside the boundary of the Sequoia National Forest.
There is a report that the spread of the fire has been temporarily stopped at about 93 acres.
Kern County Fire Department said the highway could be closed through the day on Saturday.
The fire is about three miles south of Salida, Colorado
Decker Fire as seen from the north side of Salida, CO October 2, 2019. Photo by John Phillips.
(7:30 a.m. MDT October 4, 2019)
A mapping flight Thursday night found that the Decker Fire south of Salida, Colorado had grown by 2,078 acres since the previous flight about 48 hours before, bringing the size up to 5,824 acres. Most of the expansion occurred on the north side bringing it to 2.5 miles south of Highway 50. On the northeast side it spread almost a mile outside the boundary of the Rio Grande National Forest toward Wellsville.
Thanks to higher humidity and calmer winds the fire was not as active Thursday as in recent days (see map below). Instead of the 2 percent relative humidity seen on the fire Wednesday, the minimum reached Thursday was 20 percent.
3-D map showing the perimeter of the Decker Fire (in red) at 7:23 p.m. MDT Oct. 3, 2019. The white line was the perimeter about 48 hours before. Looking southeast.
The weather forecast for the north side of the fire calls for 73 degrees and 15 mph winds out of the southwest or west on Friday and Saturday. The humidity will be in the teens Friday and single digits on Saturday.
(To see all articles on Wildfire Today about the Decker Fire, including the most recent, click here.)
Map showing the perimeter of the Decker Fire (in red) at 7:23 p.m. MDT Oct. 3, 2019. The white line was the perimeter about 48 hours before. The green line is the boundary of the Rio Grande National Forest.
Resources assigned to the fire Thursday evening included 8 hand crews, 10 engines, and 5 helicopters for a total of 458 personnel. Approximately $2.3 million has been spent on managing this less-than-full-suppression fire to date.
The flight path of Colorado’s MultiMission Aircraft, a PC12, providing intel on the #DeckerFire south of Salida, Colorado Thursday afternoon. pic.twitter.com/NMnVn6GrHS
The fire has burned over 4,000 acres south of Salida, Colorado
This satellite photo shows smoke from the Decker Fire Wednesday evening as the lights were starting to be turned on in the Denver and Colorado Springs areas.
