September, Tahoe National Forest. Lightning-caused fires. Sierraville Ranger District, Loyalton area. Air resources on order. Smoke jumpers on order for the Babbit fire. Groundcrews working the Calpine area fires.
Fires:
Lookout, near Calpine lookout, in patrol status (contained)
Calpine reported at 3:20 p.m. 1 acre
Artesian reported at 4:04 p.m. in the Calpine vicinity 1 acre
Turner in the Calpine vicinity
Clover reported at 3:28 p.m. 3 smokejumpers on scene.
Babbit reported at 4:41 p.m. 3 smokejumpers on scene. Helicopter 514 on scene.
Aircraft will be checking the whole forest tomorrow. Over 100 lightning strikes were registered on Saturday afternoon.
9:15 a.m. Sunday
Airtac is currently flying over the area, looking for new starts.
10:11 a.m.
All fires are in patrol status, meaning they are contained. No new starts have been reported from this morning's patrol flight.
Many thanks to the Fire Information services for their updates.
