[UPDATE 8:05 p.m.] Fire Near Ettersburg

Aircraft enroute to fire on Crooked Prairie Road. [Screengrab shows to Cal Fire planes and a helicopter]

Aircraft enroute to fire on Crooked Prairie Road. [Screengrab from FlightRadar shows to Cal Fire planes and a helicopter]

Around 3:40 p.m., a dispatcher sent firefighters and aircraft to the 9500 block of Crooked Prairie Road for the report of a fire and downed power lines.

According to a dispatcher relaying information from someone on scene, the fire is less than a quarter acre, moving slowly, and only has potential to reach about one acre.

Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.

UPDATE 4:14 p.m.: Copter 902 and one of the Cal Fire planes have been released from the fire.

UPDATE 5:36 p.m.: Photos of the aircraft at the scene sent in by B’anna Federico:One of the Cal Fire aircraft.

 

Helicopter 902 cal fire air attack

UPDATE 8:05 p.m.: A reader sent in this photo of the smoke rising from the fire earlier.

Smoke rising in the distance.

Smoke rising on a far hillside. [Photo from Garrett French]

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Crooked Prairie
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Crooked Prairie
3 years ago

small fire, the wind pushed a branch into the power lines.
Cal Fire sent one engine and Telegraph Ridge Fire sent one engine.

jadesteel
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jadesteel
1 year ago

today is june 18 and photo says july 12