We at @socalsteemit would like to provide a centralized hub of the information on fires and natural disasters located in SoCal. Please refer to previous Fire Reports for any incident prior to this timeline.
Art of Manliness Graphic.
The AoM blog just posted a great graphic on how to survive a wildfire. Its a great source of info and reading material. Some Manliness stuff but most for all types. A great blog for classy people.
Update on existing fires in SoCal.
Not much is going on in Southern California to report on. The two regular fires are almost fully contained if not already winding down. The Holy Fire is at 93% as of 4 days ago. The Valley Fire is 82% contained, according to the incident page the
fire is in patrol status and may only declared fully contained after the first significant precipitation event of the fall or winter.
The fire has been halted but with the steep terrain the incident page cant declare the fire fully contained till the first significant rain.
Third fire is a recent fire located North East of San Bernardino. It started out small but is 80% contained after 3 days.
Sterling fire stats
started Aug 31st.
https://twitter.com/SanBernardinoNF
- Remains at 125 acres, 80% contained
- 3 non-life threatening injuries
- 5 engines, 3 hand crews and 1 water tender currently on scene
- Cause remains under investigation
- In unified command with @sbcountyfire
stay vigilant and safe with the end of summer coming to an end. The weather and fire seasons are constantly changing and we can't get complacent.
Northern California
The largest fire in California history, the Mendocino Complex fire has grown 74,535 acres in the last two weeks.
MENDOCINO COMPLEX TOTALS
Link
Besides the acres the expected full containment date has changed and the non-residences structures destroyed has increased by 3. LA Times reports this morning the deadliest fire (Carr Fire) for 2018 has been fully contained and fire crews are now moving to the Mendicino Complex fire.
Meanwhile, crews on Friday were wrapping up efforts to contain the Mendocino Complex fire, a pair of wildfires that broke out near each other in the Mendocino National Forest on July 27.
Treated as a single incident, the fire was 96% contained Friday and had scorched 459,102 acres, dwarfing all other fires in modern state history. For comparison’s sake, the second-largest fire in recorded state history, the Thomas fire that burned in Southern California last year, was 281,893 acres.
The Mendocino Complex fires have destroyed 157 homes and killed one firefighter. Full containment is expected Saturday, .
