New Fire Starting in Lake County
![Behind the haze, a tanker lays down pink retardant over the Brim Fire. [Image from Alert Wildfire]](https://kymkemp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/fire-lake-county-alert-st.-Johns.png)
Behind the haze, a tanker lays down pink retardant over the Brim Fire. [Image from Alert Wildfire]
According to dispatchers on the scanner, the fire is currently approximately four acres and has a slow rate of spread. Scanner traffic also indicates that more crews and equipment are being dispatched to the fire. According to the scanner, 5 air tankers and 2 helicopters are involved in suppressing the fire.
Four air tankers and one helicopter depicted in this screenshot from FlightRadar24.com
UPDATE 3:34 p.m.: Cal Fire issued an update via their Twitter account on the state of the Brim Incident saying that “Crews have arrived at the scene.” According to the tweet, the fire is now 8 acres with 0% containment. The tweet emphasizes there are no evacuations at this time and crews will continue working in the area.
UPDATE 4:26 p.m.: Cal Fire tweeted, “Forward progress has been stopped. Crews will be in the area putting out hotspots for the next couple of hours.”
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And so begins the annual lake county fire, they usually go out in winter.
Yes
??Damn those masks. ???
When’s PG7E shutting off the power?
??That was only for high winds. ???
A better description of the location would be helpful.
Bartlett springs road is on the north side of the lake and winds northerly into the brush covered hills.
Thanks Doggo.
I found it right above Nice
Here’s a map from the 2018 fires.
Zoom in above Nice
https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/fires/article215700190.html
Looks like a fire in Platina, west of red bluff. Just climbed out of maintaining my spring and looked south to see a huge pyrocumulis cloud (it’s a long way away, but i have a clear view south east of me). It’s that time of year when nature shifts over to the predominance of the fire element. And we’re tight on water, always stressful these next 8 weeks. Good luck everyone:) Wondering if The Real Brian can see it from his roost, looks huge.
Yes, the Platina Fire and one up by Pollard Flats alongside I-5, the Gibson Fire. I’m watching them.
Keep us posted.
The Gibson Fire is 100% contained. The Platina Fire is 340 acres and 30% contained.
Thanks for posting info on this area. Too bad it’s already burnt so bad, I think they were pretty much just pushing around charcoal this time.
This fire is/was at Bartlett Springs and Brim road which is just west northwest of Indian Valley Resevoir and south of Stoneyford. I live about where Bartlett Springs and High Valley rd join near Lucerne and no smoke to be seen. Just aircraft. Just to keep things as accurate as possible the fire is at the Lake County/Colusa county line.