As of June 17 the fire had burned over 31,000 acres five miles north of the city
Continue readingExcellent video of RJ85 drop on Carr Fire
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Continue readingAir tankers at Medford fighting the Klamathon Fire
Above: T-93 departs Medford, Oregon for the Klamathon Fire in California. All photos by Tim Crippin July 5, 2018.
Tim Crippin took these photos July 5 of eight air tankers that were fighting the Klamathon Fire and reloading at Medford, Oregon.
As of Friday morning the fire just across the state line in California had burned approximately 8,000 acres and multiple structures. A civilian who has not yet been identified died in the fire.
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T-164A busy day at Reno Stead
The Great Basin Coordination Center distributed this photo on Twitter Monday at 6:50 p.m., saying “Busy day at Stead”.
I counted nine air tankers:
- Four Neptune BAe-146’s
- One Erickson Aero Tanker MD-87
- One SEAT
- One Aero-Flite RJ 85
- Two Aero-Flite CL-415’s
I’m not sure what fires they are working on but the 83,000-acre Long Valley Fire is 16 miles north of the airport and there are several others 140 to 230 miles to the northeast but Battle Mountain tanker base is closer to those.
Below, a DC-10 drops on the Long Valley Fire.
#LongValleyFire has reached 40% containment and has grown to 83k acres. Crews continue to make progress and watch the weather. pic.twitter.com/IoYPTSzalX
— BLM Nevada (@blmnv) July 18, 2017